Judge: 4 CAFA Exceptions Don’t Defeat Federal Jurisdiction Of Fluoride Case

(February 14, 2024, 2:06 PM EST) -- BUFFALO, N.Y. — A putative class complaint by residents of a city in New York seeking damages due to the discontinuation of adding fluoride to the drinking water failed to show that four exceptions to the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) apply to their case, a federal judge in New York ruled, denying the residents’ motion to send their complaint back to state court....