S. Martinelli Hit With Class Action After Apple Juice Recall (1)

A S. Martinelli & Co. customer alleges that its recall of arsenic-contaminated apple juice “has been a complete and abject failure” and is bringing a new proposed class action against the company.

Barbara Seaman alleges that Martinelli doesn’t disclose that its one-liter bottle of apple juice may contain arsenic, which makes the product “entirely worthless” to the consuming public. In a complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Seaman alleges that in Apr. 2024, Martinelli issued a voluntary recall, but that “the class action remedy is superior” to the recall in terms ...