Skin Cream Deceptive Packaging Suit Sloughed Off

Peter Thomas Roth Labs, LLC won dismissal of a proposed class suit challenging the packaging of its Rose Stem Cell Bio-Repair Precious Cream.

A California man can’t show the outer package of the high-end skin cream could trick consumers into thinking they would get more, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California said (Gonzales v. Peter Thomas Roth Labs, LLC, C.D. Cal., No. 17-1393, 11/17/17).

Consumers have sued the makers of food, household goods, and other types of products alleging the packaging is deceptive because of “non-functional slack fill,” or useless empty space that makes ...