Nationwide Class Claims Struck In Suit Alleging Faulty Rodent Housing

Mealey's (March 3, 2020, 4:33 PM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A federal judge in California on March 2 granted a pet store chain’s motion to strike claims brought on behalf of a nationwide class in a lawsuit alleging a defective line of pet housing and ordered the parties to show why the court retains subject matter jurisdiction in a case that will proceed only on behalf of the proposed California subclass (Todd Carpenter, et al. v. PetSmart, Inc., No. 19-1731, S.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35459)....