Peterson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW PETERSON, et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-00701-JLT-CDB

Plaintiffs, ORDER RE: REQUEST FOR RESOLUTION

OF DISPUTED ISSUES

13 v. (Doc. 99)

THOMSON INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

15 Defendant. 16 Currently before the Court is a discovery dispute that the parties have agreed to submit to the Court for adjudication through the Court’s informal discovery dispute procedure. Background Plaintiffs are seven individuals from three different states and Canada that allege during June and July 2020, they suffered damages after consuming Salmonella-contaminated onions that Defendant Thomson International, Inc., introduced into the stream of commerce. They seek recovery for medical and psychological care, lost income and pain and suffering. Plaintiffs claim Thomson is strictly liable for selling an unreasonably dangerous and defective food product, and that Thomson may also be liable under breach of warranty, negligence, and negligence per se theories of…