Which plaintiffs or class actions have sued Dr Eric Berg and what damages were sought?
Executive summary
Multiple lawsuits and enforcement actions involving Dr. Eric Berg and entities doing business as Dr. Berg Nutritionals appear in public records: at least one Proposition 65 enforcement action by a nonprofit seeking injunctive relief and civil penalties, a proposed consumer class action over “naturally flavored” labeling of an electrolyte powder, and a separate employment lawsuit reported by a blog alleging religious coercion; in contrast, Dr. Berg also has a history of bringing civil suits himself, including a 2016 insurance-benefits appeal and a 2017 copyright action [1] [2] [3] [4] [5].
1. Proposition 65 enforcement: Environmental Research Center sought injunctive relief and civil penalties
A formal Proposition 65 enforcement action was filed against The Health & Wellness Center, Inc., doing business as Dr. Berg Nutritionals, by the nonprofit Environmental Research Center, Inc. (ERC), which initiated a complaint seeking injunctive and declaratory relief and civil penalties under California’s Prop 65 regime; the filed judgment and accompanying notice confirm ERC acted as a private enforcer and sought both injunctive relief to stop sales of products exceeding lead-exposure levels and civil penalties [1] [6].
2. Consumer proposed class action: “Naturally flavored” electrolyte powder — damages and class scope claimed
A proposed class action has been publicly reported that accuses Berg Nutritionals of falsely marketing its Keto Electrolyte powder as “naturally flavored” while containing DL-malic acid, which plaintiffs allege is an artificial flavoring; the complaint aims to represent California purchasers who bought the product since January 17, 2019, and seeks class relief under consumer-protection theories—typically monetary damages and injunctive relief are pursued in such filings, although the publicly available summary does not list precise dollar amounts claimed in the complaint excerpt [2].
3. Employment-related civil suit reported: former employee alleges coercion to take Scientology courses
Reporting by The Underground Bunker describes a lawsuit filed by a former employee alleging that working for Berg involved persistent pressure to take Scientology courses; the article frames this as an employment civil suit and notes depositions were expected, but the summary in that piece does not enumerate specific damages or statutory claims sought in court records available in that report [3].
4. Cases where Berg is the plaintiff: insurance and copyright litigation illustrate the reverse posture
Courts’ public dockets show Eric Berg as plaintiff in other civil actions: a 2016 federal appellate decision records Eric Berg as the insured appealing a denial of disability benefits against New York Life and Unum (seeking benefits under insurance policies) [4], and a 2017 copyright case filed by “Dr. Eric Berg, D.C.” in the Western District of Texas is documented on court dockets [5] [7]. These filings demonstrate Berg’s active litigation posture in commercial and personal disputes, and the insurance appeal explicitly sought to recover disability benefits rather than damages against him [4] [5].
5. Regulatory discipline and consumer complaints supplement the litigation picture but are not civil damages claims
Separately, disciplinary action by the Virginia Board of Medicine resulted in a reprimand and a monetary penalty of $1,500 against Eric Berg’s chiropractic license for unsupported therapeutic claims, a sanction documented in a consent order summarized by Quackwatch [8]. Consumer complaints compiled by the Better Business Bureau record product and service grievances but do not themselves constitute court-filed damage claims [9] [8].
6. Limits of the record and open questions about damages sought
Public reporting and docket summaries establish the identities of plaintiffs or proposed classes (ERC for Prop 65; unnamed consumer class plaintiffs for the electrolyte case; a former employee in the Scientology-related suit) and the types of relief commonly pursued (injunctive relief, civil penalties, class damages), but the available sources do not uniformly provide precise dollar-amount damages sought in each filing; for example, the class-action news summary does not state a numeric damages demand, and the Underground Bunker report does not detail the legal remedies sought by the employee-plaintiff [1] [2] [3].
Conclusion
Records show at least three distinct legal challenges involving Dr. Berg or his companies: a Prop 65 enforcement by ERC seeking injunctive relief and civil penalties [1], a proposed consumer class action alleging misleading “natural” flavor labeling seeking class relief for California purchasers [2], and an employment lawsuit alleging religious coercion reported in the press [3]; meanwhile Berg has been a plaintiff in separate insurance and copyright suits seeking benefits or asserting intellectual-property claims [4] [5]. Public sources supply the types of remedies pursued in broad terms but do not consistently disclose exact monetary damages across every matter [1] [2] [3].