Legal Opinion
Environmental Law Foundation v. Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 17, 2015No. A139821PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DONDERO, J.
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff, the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF), filed a complaint against Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation and various other food manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, seeking enforcement of the provisions of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Health & Saf. Code, § 25249.5 et seq.), 1 commonly referred to as Proposition 65. ELF alleged certain of defendants’ products contain toxic amounts of lead sufficient to trigger the duty to provide warnings to consumers. After a bench trial, the trial court entered judgment in favor of…
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