California residents who bought Hubble Classic Daily contact lens subscriptions from April 25, 2019 on without being prescribed those lenses are covered by a class a federal judge certified on October 15, 2026, in a lawsuit alleging Vision Path, Inc. sold its own Hubble lenses in place of the brands eye doctors prescribed. Hubble denies the claims, and there is no settlement or claim form.
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This article describes a class action lawsuit. The statements below about Hubble’s practices are unproven allegations. Class certification is not a finding of wrongdoing, Vision Path has not been found liable, and there is nothing to claim at this time. This page is informational and is not legal advice.
What Is This About?
The lawsuit was filed April 28, 2023 in Ventura County Superior Court, and Vision Path, Inc., which sells Hubble contact lenses online, moved it to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on June 9, 2023. The case is Africa v. Vision Path, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-04570, before U.S. District Judge George H. Wu. The operative complaint is the Fourth Amended Complaint, filed May 15, 2025.Judge Wu issued a tentative ruling granting class certification on October 14, 2026, heard argument on October 15 and adopted the tentative as his final ruling that day. He also denied Vision Path’s motion to exclude the opinions of the plaintiff’s expert on materiality and damages. A scheduling conference is set for October 22, 2026.
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What Does the Lawsuit Allege?
The complaint cites federal rules that require a contact lens prescription to state the lens brand, base curve and diameter, and alleges that sellers may not substitute a different brand or measurements. The plaintiff alleges that subscribers paid Vision Path monthly believing they would receive the lenses their own eye doctors prescribed, properly verified, and instead received Hubble’s house-brand lenses. According to the court’s summary of the complaint, Hubble Classic Daily lenses come in a single base curve of 8.6mm and diameter of 14.2mm, customers were not told that, and the website did not let them enter their prescribed brand or measurements.News coverage of the ruling describes further allegations that Hubble sought prescription verification for its own lenses rather than the prescribed brands, through automated phone messages to eye doctors’ offices that were hard to understand, and shipped when an office did not respond within eight business hours. The complaint alleges that customers would not have subscribed had they known. Vision Path argued it was permissibly using the “passive verification” the federal Contact Lens Rule allows. None of these allegations has been proven.
Who Is in the Certified Class?
The class the plaintiff asked the court to certify is “All persons residing in California who purchased a subscription for Hubble Classic Daily lenses from hubblecontacts.com between April 25, 2019 and the present who were not prescribed Hubble Classic Daily lenses, and who do not seek personal injury damages.” The court found that Vision Path sold lenses to at least 95,543 different consumers in California since April 2019, though not every buyer falls within the class. Its tentative ruling invited further discussion of the class definition’s wording and one part of the damages plan at the October 15 hearing.The certified claims arise under three California laws: the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, the Unfair Competition Law and the False Advertising Law. Personal injury claims are not part of the class.
Why Did the Judge Certify the Class?
Judge Wu found that common questions, such as whether Hubble’s representations and omissions were deceptive, would predominate over individual ones. He rejected Vision Path’s argument that refunds some customers received, either directly from the company or through its 2022 FTC settlement, would require “90,000 mini trials,” finding that any refund adjustments are an individual damages issue that does not block certification. He found the plaintiff’s full-restitution damages model, with a conjoint price-premium analysis as a backup, tied to the theory of liability. Vision Path also pointed to an arbitration clause in its terms of service, but the court noted it had not moved to compel arbitration and that there would be “a real question” whether it waived that right by litigating the case in court since 2023.The 2022 FTC Settlement
In January 2022, Vision Path agreed to pay $3.5 million — a $1.5 million civil penalty and $2 million for consumer refunds — to settle Federal Trade Commission charges filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. The FTC alleged the company altered prescriptions from the prescribed brands to Hubble lenses, failed to obtain or properly verify prescriptions, sold lenses after verification requests were denied and posted reviews without disclosing its ties to the reviewers. In September 2022, the FTC sent more than $1.9 million in refunds to 30,172 consumers nationwide, averaging $63. Those refunds are separate from this class action.What Has Hubble Said?
Hubble told Review of Optometric Business and Vision Monday that it “remains confident in its position and intends to vigorously defend against the allegations,” that the certification decision “is procedural and does not constitute a finding of wrongdoing,” and that its Classic Daily lenses are FDA-cleared. The company also said the class excludes personal injury claims and that a separate fraud-conspiracy claim against its two co-founders is not part of the class claims.What Happens Next?
The case now proceeds as a class action toward summary judgment or trial, with a scheduling conference set for October 22, 2026. Members of a certified class generally receive court-approved notice with a chance to opt out. There is no settlement, payment or claim form at this stage.Questions
What is the Hubble Contacts class action about?
Africa v. Vision Path, Inc., pending in federal court in Los Angeles, alleges that Vision Path sold its own Hubble Classic Daily lenses to subscribers in place of the brands their eye doctors prescribed, without telling them. Vision Path denies the claims and has not been found liable.
Who is included in the Hubble class action?
The class is California residents who bought a Hubble Classic Daily subscription from hubblecontacts.com between April 25, 2019 and the present, were not prescribed Hubble Classic Daily lenses, and do not seek personal injury damages.
Is this related to the FTC’s Hubble settlement?
No. In 2022, Vision Path paid $3.5 million to settle separate FTC charges over prescription verification and reviews, and the FTC sent refunds that year. The California class action is a private lawsuit seeking relief under California consumer protection laws.
Can I get money from the Hubble class action?
Not now. The class has been certified, but there is no settlement or judgment, so there is no claim form or payment. Money would be available only if the class wins at trial or the parties settle.
Sources
• Tentative ruling on class certification (October 14, 2026, Dkt. No. 210) and civil minutes adopting it as final (October 15, 2026, Dkt. No. 211), Africa v. Vision Path, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-04570-GW (C.D. Cal.)• Docket, Wesley Africa v. Vision Path, Inc. et al., No. 2:23-cv-04570 (C.D. Cal.)
• FTC press release (January 28, 2022) and FTC refund announcement (September 1, 2022)
• Review of Optometric Business and Vision Monday (October 19, 2026), including Hubble’s statement
