Sandwich Chain’s Dismissal Motion Of ‘Natural’ Labeling Class Suit Denied

Mealey's (January 23, 2020, 7:19 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on Jan. 10 denied a motion to dismiss a putative class complaint by a consumer over a sandwich shop chain’s use of “natural” when marketing and labeling its products and ordered the parties to engage in limited jurisdictional discovery to allow the court to determine the makeup of the putative class and whether the court had subject matter jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) (Skylar Cunningham, et al. v. Pret a Manger [USA] Ltd., No. 19-2322, S.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4993)....