Class Action,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 7, 2024
$91.4M Joint Juice verdict may not be dead
"We conclude that awarding statutory damages for each violation, particularly when the violation relates to a low-cost product, advances the Legislature's deterrent purpose and is consistent with the plainest reading of the statutory text," wrote 9th Circuit Judge Morgan B. Christen, remanding the case.
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday kept alive the possibility that consumers who won a big deceptive advertising verdict against the maker of a beverage marketed as an arthritis treatment could keep it after a district judge in San Francisco slashed the award.
The case against Premier Nutrition Corp., the maker of Joint Juice, started as a nationwide class action before being divided into claims by state, with claims filed under New York law going first. Followi...
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