Steckler et al v. Pepsico and The Quaker Oats Company

Reference :

18-cv-9211

Complaint date :

October 26, 2018

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

United States, Central District of California

Plaintiffs types :

Individuals

Plaintiffs names :

Morgan Steckler

Defendants :

PepsiCo, Inc., The Quaker Oats Company, Inc.

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Patricia N. Syverson, Manfred P. Muecke, Elaine A. Ryan, Carrie A. Laliberte, Stewart M. Weltman, Todd L. McLawhorn, Michael Chang

Case nature :

Civil court

Specificities :

Class action, Jury

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

Herbicide, Glyphosate, Roundup

Requests :

Plaintiff seeks preliminary and permanent injunctive and equitable relief; declaratory relief and an injunction prohibiting Defendants from continuing such practices, restitution of all money obtained from Plaintiff and the members of the Classes collected as a result of unfair competition; Court Order declaring Defendants to be in violation of the CLRA;

Name of the Court :

United States District Court of Central District of California, United States

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

Plaintiff files a class-action complaint against PepsiCo and The Quaker Oats Company for misleading advertising. allegedly deceptively marketing 17 food products – as being healthy when the company fails to disclose that the products contain glyphosate, which is allegedly a carcinogen.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.