Barnett v. The Kroger Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION TASHEBA BARNETT, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 1:22-cv-544 v. JUDGE DOUGLAS R. COLE THE KROGER COMPANY, et al., Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER This case seeks to impose liability on Defendants The Kroger Company, Fred Meyer, Inc., Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc., and Harris Teeter, LLC (the Grocery Stores) for their involvement in selling “Simple Truth Organic Rice Rusks Baby Teething Wafers” (the Product), which Plaintiffs allege contain elevated levels of toxic metals. But the case is experiencing some teething pains of…