Claims Against Dole Over ‘All Natural’ Fruit Labeling Are Partially Reinstated

Mealey's (October 4, 2016, 10:34 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A purchaser of Dole Packaged Foods LLC’s fruit products who claims that the company improperly advertises the fruit as “All Natural” may proceed with his individual claim of unjust enrichment but not his class claim, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 30 in a decision partially reversing a trial court’s summary judgment ruling for Dole (Chad Brazil, et al. v. Dole Packaged Foods, LLC, No. 14-17480, 9th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 17733)....