Stanley Tumbler False Ad Suits Over Use of Lead Get Combined

Pacific Market International LLC will face a combined class action alleging it failed to disclose the presence of lead in its viral sensation the Stanley tumbler, after a federal judge consolidated three lawsuits over the company’s objections.

Though PMI argued consolidation would require it to conduct extensive discovery against each named plaintiff, and that the two later-filed lawsuits should instead be dismissed as duplicative, “this argument strains common sense” Judge Tana Lin of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington said April 26.

Even if there was only one lawsuit, PMI would likely need to conduct discovery ...