Legal Opinion
In re Conagra Peanut Butter Products Liability Litigation
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided July 22, 2008No. MDL Docket No. 1845. No. 1:07-MD-1845-TWTPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*691 ORDER
THOMAS W. THRASH, JR., District Judge.
This is a products liability action. It is before the Court on the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification [Doc. 91]. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is DENIED.
I. Background
This action arose out of the distribution by ConAgra of peanut butter that was contaminated by Salmonella bacteria. The contaminated peanut butter was manufactured in late 2006 and early 2007 at the Defendant’s plant in Sylvester, Georgia. It is undisputed that hundreds of people got sick after eating the contaminated peanut butter. On February 14, 2007, the Food…
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