Lakes v. Bath & Body Works, LLC

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CRYSTAL LAKES, an individual, No. 2:16-cv-02989-MCE-AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 14 BATH & BODY WORKS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, 15 Defendant. 16 17 18 Through the present lawsuit, Plaintiff Crystal Lakes (“Plaintiff”) alleges that a 19 candle manufactured by Defendant Bath & Body Works, LLC (“BBW”) malfunctioned 20 such that she sustained burns from molten wax. Plaintiff filed her lawsuit in state court 21 as a California resident, and BBW subsequently removed the action to…