[Download] "Oshana v. Coca-Cola Co." by United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Oshana v. Coca-Cola Co.
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Release Date : January 29, 2006
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
Description
This putative class action alleges the Coca-Cola Company ("Coke") deceived Diet Coke® consumers in Illinois by failing to disclose that fountain Diet Coke and bottled Diet Coke are not the same product. Fountain Diet Coke contains a blend of the sweeteners aspartame and saccharin; bottled Diet Coke is sweetened only with aspartame. The plaintiffs lawyers, on behalf of a prior named class representative and a class of all Illinois purchasers of fountain Diet Coke from March 12, 1999 forward, initially filed the lawsuit in Illinois state court alleging that Coke violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Practices Act ("ICFA") and was unjustly enriched. Coke removed the lawsuit to federal court, defeated class certification, and eventually offered a substituted named plaintiff, Carol Oshana, a judgment of $650, which she accepted. Oshana reserved the right to challenge on appeal the district courts jurisdiction and the order denying class certification. We affirm.