In re Conagra Foods, Inc.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Morrow, J.
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ AMENDED MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
On June 28, 2011, Robert Briseno filed a complaint against ConAgra; 1 between Oc *938 tober and December 2011, the court consolidated several cases filed against ConA-gra under the caption above.
On January 12, 2012, plaintiffs filed a First Consolidated Amended Complaint. 3 On February 24, 2012, ConAgra filed a motion to dismiss, 4 which the court granted in part and denied in part on November 15, 2012. 5 On December 19, 2012, plaintiffs filed a Second Consolidated Amended Complaint. 6 On February 20, 2014, they filed a motion seeking an order permitting the withdrawal of several named plaintiffs and the dismissal of their claims; 7 the court granted this motion on May 5, 2014. 8 The same day, plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification. 9 On June 2, 2014, Con-Agra filed a motion to strike the declarations of plaintiffs’ experts, Colin B. Weir and Charles M. Benbrook. 10 The next day, plaintiffs filed a motion seeking an order permitting the withdrawal of named plaintiffs Bonnie McDonald and Phyllis Scarpelli and the dismissal of their claims. 11 The court subsequently granted…