Legal Opinion
Ault v. J.M. Smucker Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 6, 2015No. 13 Civ. 3409(PAC)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
PAUL A. CROTTY, District Judge:
On May 21, 2013, Plaintiff Adrianna Ault filed her complaint that Defendant J.M. Smucker Co., owner of the Crisco brand, violated N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law (“GBL”) §§ 349 and 350, and breached an express warranty by labelling certain Crisco cooking oils as “All Natural.” This is claimed to be misleading, because the oils are made using genetically modified organism (“GMO”) crops, and are so heavily processed that they are man-made.
On May 15, 2014, this Court denied Defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint. Plaintiff now seeks class certification,…
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