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Federal Court Rejects Tea Class Action

By Sean Wajert on April 3, 2016
Posted in Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Food and Beverage

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…

Federal Court Rejects Class Action on 23(a) Grounds

By Sean Wajert on September 30, 2015
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

A federal court in Massachusetts federal court recently denied class certification to consumers who claimed their wood-plastic composite decks were de…
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Court of Appeals Rejects Nuisance Class

By Sean Wajert on September 23, 2015
Posted in Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

The Eighth Circuit recently reversed class certification in a recent environmental case. See Smith v. ConocoPhillips Pipe Line Co., No. 14-2191 (8th C…
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Yet Another Artificial “Natural” Class Action Shot Down in the Food Court

By Sean Wajert on June 26, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

A federal court has found numerous issues precluding class certification of three proposed class actions challenging the labels of defendant’s food pr…
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Fail Safe Class Rejected in TCPA Case

By Sean Wajert on May 8, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the taut Cold War thriller “Fail-Safe”, starring Henry Fonda and Walter Matthau. (If I recall, there…
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Comcast Requirement of Class-wide Damages Dooms Class

By Sean Wajert on April 21, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

A California federal court has denied class certification to a putative class of consumers who bought food products marketed as healthy, which alleged…
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Certification Rejected in Dietary Supplement Claim

By Sean Wajert on March 4, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Drug and Device, Food and Beverage

The important issues of ascertainability and choice of law led a federal court to deny class certification in litigation relating to the dietary suppl…
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Class Certification Denied in Baby Seat Case

By Sean Wajert on February 27, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Products

A California federal court declined to certify a class of consumers accusing a manufacturer of designing a baby seat that is allegedly prone to having…
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Class Certification Denied in Dog Treat Case

By Sean Wajert on February 3, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action

A federal court recently denied certification to a proposed nationwide class in a suit alleging defective dog treats. See Holt, et al. v. Globalinx P…
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Ice Cream Class Action Melts

By Sean Wajert on January 8, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

Happy New Year to all our readers. Let’s start 2014 with a delicious class action decision, a Late night snack for our readers. A California court rec…
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