Defense of Mass Tort Claims, Class Actions, and Significant Product-Based Litigation
A federal court in California has rejected a proposed class action in a case challenging claims on tea labels. See Alex Khasin et al. v. R.C. Bigelow Inc., No. 4:12-cv-02204 (N.D. Calif. 3/29/16),
Plaintiff Khasin sought certification of a class of all persons in California who purchased for household use one or more of…
A federal court rejected a putative class action against tea maker Twinings North America, Inc. over antioxidant labeling. See Craig v. Twinings N. Am…
Continue Reading Tea Class Action Dumped Overboard
We have posted before about the important doctrine of primary jurisdiction. Last week, a defendant obtained dismissal of a proposed class action over …
Continue Reading Energy Drink Case Subject to Primary Jurisdiction
Readers have seen our warning about the trend in food and beverage claims attacking virtually every aspect of the product’s label as a supposed consum…
Continue Reading Consumer Fraud Class Claim Dismissed in Beverage Case
A federal court ruled recently for defendant in a proposed class action about the labeling of an iced tea product. See Ries v. Arizona Beverages USA L…
Continue Reading Consumer Fraud Claims Denied; Class Decertified
A federal district court recently dismissed a putative class action alleging the defendant food company mislabeled its Florida’s Natural products as 1…
Continue Reading Another “Natural” Food Claim Falls to Common Sense
We posted last year about the dismissal of a motorcycle passenger’s claim against the maker of a caffeinated alcoholic drink, seeking to hold the comp…
Continue Reading Court Again Dismisses Claim Against “Non-Conventional” Alcohol Beverage
One trend we are keeping an eye on here at MassTortDefense is plaintiffs’ aggressive and excessive use of consumer fraud act claims, micro-analyzing e…
Continue Reading Consumer Fraud Claim on “All Natural” Beverage Rejected
Much of the litigation our clients confront on a daily basis seems predicated on the philosophy that all predicaments, all injuries, must be the fault…
Continue Reading Junk Food Junk Science Exposed
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation declined to consolidate the suits brought by plaintiffs attacking the marketing of beverages as “…
Continue Reading MDL Status Denied in Beverage Litigation
