(October 22, 2018, 1:29 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A settlement between consumers and StarKist Co. in a slack-fill lawsuit that provided cash and vouchers was not a coupon settlement under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), a split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Oct. 19, distinguishing the case from the recent decision in Romero v. Provide Commerce (In re Easysaver Rewards Litigation), No. 16-56307 (9th Cir. Oct. 3, 2018), and denying that and other objections to the settlement valued at $12 million (Patrick Hendricks, et al. v. StarKist Co., Nos. 16-16992, 16-16993, 16-16994, 16-16995, 16-17020 and 16-17056, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 29550)....