9th Circuit Holds Customer Relied On Bread Crumb Label, Reverses Ruling

Mealey's (October 5, 2018, 2:18 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — After holding that a consumer sufficiently alleged that she relied on misrepresentations about trans-fat content on a label in making the decision to purchase the product and other holdings, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 4 reversed a ruling dismissing her claims against a grocery store company for violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other California law claims (Shavonda Hawkins v. The Kroger Co., No. 16-55532, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 28116)....