SHEPARD et al v. GERBER PRODUCTS COMPANY
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2:21-cv-01977
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Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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January 03, 2022
Food & Beverage Cases To Watch In 2022
Food and beverage attorneys will have their hands full in 2022 litigating a slew of claims that baby food contains toxic heavy metals, that environmentally sustainable products don't live up to their claims, that "natural" labeling is misleading, and that poultry, pork and beef producers rigged product prices.
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September 14, 2021
After Gerber HQ Mix-Up, Judge Moves Baby Food Case To Va.
A New Jersey federal judge has agreed to transfer consolidated litigation to Virginia accusing Gerber of selling heavy metal-tainted baby food, at the request of plaintiffs who said the litigation should be hashed out where the company's headquarters are located.
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July 09, 2021
Product Liability Cases To Watch: Midyear Review
Long-awaited trials over the opioid crisis have started and the first federal bellwether case against major pharmacies is scheduled to kick off this fall, capturing product liability attorneys' attention for the second half of 2021.
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May 27, 2021
Hain Urges JPML Not To Group Baby Food Suits
Hain Celestial Group and a number of parents suing the baby food maker and others over alleged toxins in their products on Thursday urged the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation not to create an industrywide MDL, saying grouping all the claims against baby food companies wouldn't speed up the litigation.
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February 05, 2021
Gerber, Beech-Nut Baby Food Contain Toxic Metals, Suits Say
The day after a House Oversight Committee report found that seven baby food makers allow high levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury into their products, consumers on Friday hit Gerber and Beech-Nut with separate putative false advertising class actions.