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Class Certification Denied in Baby Formula Case

By Sean Wajert on February 1, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

A federal court last week denied class certification in a lawsuit over insect parts allegedly found in baby formula, recognizing that the claims raise…
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Ninth Circuit Applies Dukes

By Sean Wajert on September 26, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action

The Ninth Circuit issued an interesting class action decision applying several of the key aspects of the recent Supreme Court decision in Wal–Ma…
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Class Certification Denied in Printer Litigation

By Sean Wajert on September 21, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

A federal court recently denied class certification in a case brought on behalf of consumers accusing Epson America Inc. of misrepresenting how its NX…
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Court of Appeals Rejects Medical Monitoring Class Action

By Sean Wajert on August 31, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Medical Monitoring, Toxic Tort

The Third Circuit last week affirmed a lower court decision denying class certification in a medical monitoring case alleging vinyl chloride exposures…
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Plaintiffs’ Class Allegations Flattened in Tire Case

By Sean Wajert on June 14, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

A federal court in New York last week denied plaintiffs’ motion for class certification in a case alleging that the run-flat tires on defendant BMW’s …
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Class Action Alleging False Food Ads Rejected

By Sean Wajert on November 4, 2010
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

Plaintiffs have failed in a proposed class action against McDonald’s in which they alleged that the food company’s advertising somehow misleads custom…
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Digitek Class Action Denied in MDL

By Sean Wajert on June 2, 2010
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Drug and Device

The federal judge in the multidistrict litigation concerning the heart drug Digitek has denied class certification in the MDL’s six remaining class ac…
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Decision to Not Conduct Daubert Inquiry Leads to Class Certification

By Sean Wajert on May 19, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

A federal court recently certified a class of Minnesota building owners in litigation over issues with plumbing systems. See In re: Zurn Pex Plumbing …
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Class Action Motion Rejected in Human Tissue MDL

By Sean Wajert on March 12, 2010
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Toxic Tort

We have posted before about the interesting Human Tissue litigation. The multidistrict litigation consolidated hundreds of cases filed either by plain…
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State Supreme Court Reverses Class Certification on Predominance Grounds

By Sean Wajert on January 26, 2010
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Drug and Device

The Alabama Supreme Court has recently reversed a lower court’s certification of a class of third-party payers of health care services who complained …
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