Magpayo
Magpayo v. Walmart Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PEARL MAGPAYO, Case No. 24-cv-01350-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS
WALMART INC., Re: Dkt. No. 30 Defendant.
Plaintiff Pearl Magpayo filed this putative class action seeking to challenge the advertising and label disclosures on defendant’s Spring Valley Fish Oil Omega-3 dietary supplements (“Products”). First Amended Complaint (“FAC,” Dkt. No. 25) ¶¶ 35-36. Magpayo claims that the packaging on defendant Walmart’s fish oil supplements convey to reasonable consumers that Omega-3 supplements in general and Omega-3 fish oil supplements in particular prevent heart disease, but that those claims are false or misleading and that supplements may, in fact, be detrimental to heart health. FAC ¶¶ 4-8, 10-17. She purchased a bottle of Spring Valley Omega-3 Fish Oil Soft Gels Dietary Supplement from a Walmart store in Northern California in June 2023. FAC ¶ 31. Walmart argues that the claims are…