Consumers, Chocolate Company File Joint Motion To Dismiss Heavy Metals Claims

(May 1, 2024, 12:25 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A chocolate company and three consumers on April 30 filed a joint motion in a federal court in California to voluntarily dismiss the consumers’ putative class action lawsuit accusing the chocolate company of concealing the presence of heavy metals in its chocolates, shortly after a judge denied the chocolate company’s motion for reconsideration of a previous order denying its motion to dismiss....