Civil Litigation
Sep. 19, 2017
Court considers letter sent to judge in Starbucks carcinogen trial
A letter by a retained witness sent to the judge in a failure to warn Proposition 65 bench trial against coffee vendors is stoking plaintiffs’ fears that it could unravel the more-than-seven-year-long case.
LOS ANGELES — A letter by a retained plaintiff’s witness sent to the judge in a failure to warn Proposition 65 bench trial against coffee vendors is stoking the plaintiff’s fears that it could disrupt its more-than-seven-year-long case.
Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle last week received a letter from caffeine expert Jack James, but declined reading it in its entirety after determining it could be an improper ex parte communication....
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