Federal Judge Dismisses Strict Liability Claim In Food Defect Suit

(January 19, 2018, 4:00 PM EST) -- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A federal judge in Puerto Rico dismissed a strict liability claim against a shrimp seller pursuant to an opinion from the Puerto Rico Supreme Court that held that a plaintiff in a food liability suit cannot bring claims of strict liability against a shipper for a naturally occurring poison in shrimp (Luis Gonzalez Caban v. JR Seafood, et al., No. 14-1507, D. Puerto Rico, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6832)....

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