Legal Opinion
Patane v. Nestlé Waters N. Am., Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 28, 2019No. 3:17-cv-01381 (JAM)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jeffrey Alker Meyer, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs have filed this class action lawsuit alleging that defendant Nestlé Waters North America, Inc. fraudulently markets its Poland Spring water products as *386"spring water" when in fact it is not "spring water" as defined by law. Last year I dismissed the initial complaint without prejudice on the ground that its state law causes of action were all preempted by the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA). See Patane v. Nestlé Waters N. Am., Inc. , 314 F.Supp.3d 375 (D. Conn. 2018).
Plaintiffs have now re-framed their claims and filed an…
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