UCL, CLRA Claims Survive Motion For Judgment On Pleadings In Slack-Filled Fries Suit

Mealey's (September 16, 2019, 12:33 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal judge in California on Sept. 10 denied a defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings on a consumer’s claims under California's unfair competition law (UCL) and Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) based on her nonfunctional slack fill theory of liability in her lawsuit over the opaque packing of sweet potato fries (Angela Kennard v. Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., No. 18-04665, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 154421)....