Woman’s Claims Trimmed in Hydroxycut Suit

A woman’s suit against manufacturers and sellers of the dietary supplement Hydroxycut was trimmed down March 21, as a federal trial court dismissed fraud claims and a fraud-based claim under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act. Casey Slyter did not allege these claims specifically enough, the court said: She failed to specify which Hydroxycut products she used, and did not enumerate which marketing materials she relied on in making her decision to purchase the products. Slyter’s negligence and breach of warranty claims survived dismissal but were subsumed by and became one claim under the Kansas Product Liability Act, and she properly ...