Judge Won’t Reconsider Order Allowing Heavy Metal Claims Against Chocolate Company

(April 1, 2024, 2:04 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — The chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California on March 29 denied a chocolate company’s motion for reconsideration of the court’s order denying in part its motion to dismiss a putative class action against it for allegedly concealing the presence of heavy metals in its chocolates, rejecting the company’s argument that the court’s ruling permitting labeling claims was based on a “misunderstanding.”...