Product Liability
Jun. 5, 2017
Dunkin' Donuts defense has a hole in it, can't escape suit
In his summary judgment denial on Friday, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge rejected Dunkin' Donuts' defense argument that it is not responsible for putting a may-cause-cancer label on its coffee because it does not, technically, sell coffee in the state of California.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES — It was National Doughnut Day everywhere except in Department 323 of the Central Civil West Courthouse.
A superior court judge denied summary judgment, rejecting Dunkin' Donuts' defense argument that it is not responsible for putting a may-cause-cancer label on its coffee — because it does not, technically, sell coffee in the state of Californi...
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