Subbing Plaintiff Denied 3 Years After Deadline In Frito-Lay Labeling Class Suit

(August 16, 2017, 10:47 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Aug. 14 denied a motion to substitute the lead plaintiff in a class lawsuit over the labeling on certain Frito-Lay North America Inc. products, finding that the plaintiffs failed to show that there was good cause for allowing the substitution more than three years after the deadline for adding plaintiffs (Markus Wilson, et al. v. Frito-Lay North America, Inc., No. 12-1586, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129053)....