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Civil Litigation

Sep. 20, 2017

Defense rests in Starbucks carcinogen bench trial

In a Proposition 65 bench trial, the attorney suing more than 70 vendors, roasters and retailers claiming they failed to warn customers about a carcinogenic presence in coffee questioned the last defense witness Tuesday about whether statistics on coffee consumption were deflated.

LOS ANGELES — The attorney suing more than 60 vendors, roasters and retailers claiming they failed to warn customers about a carcinogenic presence in coffee questioned the last defense witness Tuesday about whether statistics on coffee consumption were deflated.

The Council for Education and Research on Toxics is trying to beat back the retailers’ last defense, which argues putting a warning label on coffee products is exempt under ...

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