Dismissal Denied, Motion To Strike Class Claims Suggested In Flea Medicine Suit

Mealey's (March 5, 2020, 9:16 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A flea medicine maker’s motion to dismiss a class suit alleging that the medicine caused harm to the plaintiff’s dog fails, a federal judge in California ruled March 3, suggesting that if the defendant seeks to argue a lack of personal jurisdiction over the nationwide class at the pleading stage, a motion to strike nationwide class allegations would be the appropriate procedure (Ramona Penikila v. Sergeant’s Pet Care Products LLC, No. 19-5508, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36625)....