UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SANDRA DENT,
Case No. 16-cv-06721-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR
PREMIER NUTRITION CORPORATION, APPLICATION OF ISSUE
PRECLUSION Defendant.
I. INTRODUCTION In the latest installment of this decade-long saga, Plaintiff Sandra Dent brings this suit on behalf of herself and a class of Illinois purchasers of Premier Nutrition’s product Joint Juice. Dent avers Premier falsely marketed its product, in particular misrepresenting the power of Joint Juice to alleviate conditions such as arthritis. Dent’s suit, which relies primarily on an Illinois statute prohibiting false or misleading marketing, is the second state-wide Joint Juice class slated to go to trial against Premier in federal court. Another plaintiff, Mary Beth Montera, sued Joint Juice on behalf of herself and a New York class of purchasers under two…