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Product Liability

Aug. 23, 2016

Longstanding suit against coffee vendors will continue

A more than six-year-old lawsuit against Starbucks Corp. and other coffee makers, alleging their brews contain a cancer-causing toxin, will continue after a judge denied the plaintiff's motion to adjudicate the companies' final defense on Friday.

By Justin Kloczko
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES — A more than six-year-old lawsuit against Starbucks Corp. and other coffee makers, alleging their brews contain a cancer-causing toxin, will continue after a judge denied the plaintiff's motion to adjudicate the companies' final defense on Friday.

Long Beach nonprofit Council for Education and Research on Toxics sued coffee companies in 2010, contend...

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