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Class-action status denied by judge in Teflon cases

December 15, 2008

Two dozen lawsuits filed on behalf of 89 named plaintiffs challenging the safety of Teflon-coated cookware have been dealt a serious blow by a federal judge in Des Moines.

U.S. District Senior Judge Ronald Longstaff has declined to certify the cases as class actions, a form of legal proceeding intended to streamline the pursuit of claims for a large group of people with a common interest. Instead, Longstaff ruled that the cases, which would cover cookware buyers in 23 states, were too unwieldy to figure out even who should be members of the proposed classes.

 

Longstaff’s 31-page decision notes that “the only common factor binding together all of the present plaintiffs is use of nonstick-coated cookware,” and that vast differences exist among the plaintiffs, including how and when they bought the cookware, how they used it and what kinds of advertising they saw before deciding to buy the items.

Read Article: Des Moines Register

 

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