Surgical Gown California Class Certified; Nationwide Class Denied

(November 15, 2016, 11:35 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Nov. 14 certified a refund and injunction class of Californians who purchased allegedly defective surgical gowns from Kimberly-Clark Corp. but denied certifying a nationwide class of purchasers because of differences in state fraud laws (Hrayr Shahinian, et al. v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., et al., No. 14-8390, C.D. Calif., Western Div.)....