Mealey's (January 14, 2022, 2:40 PM EST) -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — An Illinois federal judge on Jan. 10 granted a consumer’s motion in a putative class action to amend her complaint against Walmart in an implied warranty of merchantability suit for alleged faulty balloon helium tanks, denied her placeholder motion for class certification and denied as “premature” Walmart’s motion for summary judgment, finding that her placeholder motion to certify the class is “undeveloped at this time” and that the motion to stay briefing is moot....