McElroy
McElroy v. Pernod Ricard USA, LLC
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 APRIL MCELROY, Case No.: 3:23-cv-02183-CAB-VET
12 Plaintiff, O R D E R C O M P E L L I N G 13 ARBITRATION AND STAYING v. CLAIMS 14
PERNOD RICARD USA, LLC.; et al., 15 [Doc. No. 98] 16 Defendants. 17
AND ALL RELATED CROSS ACTIONS
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Third-Party Defendant Owens Brockway Glass Container (“Owens”) filed a motion 26 to compel arbitration and stay all claims filed against it by Third-Party Plaintiff Pernod 27 Ricard USA, LLC (“Pernod”). [Doc. No. 98.] The Court grants Owens’ motion and stays 28 the claims against it. 1 I. BACKGROUND 2 The core allegation in this case by Plaintiff April McElroy involves a bottle of 3 Pernod Sparkling Wine purchased at her local CVS. Plaintiff claims that this bottle of wine 4 exploded as she tried to open it. [See generally Doc. No. 22.] Pernod filed a third-party 5 complaint against Owens for …