Langer Juice Company, Inc v. Zucarmex USA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LANGER JUICE COMPANY, INC., Case No. 2:21-CV-02462-AB-PVC

12 Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO v. REMAND

ZUCARMEX USA, INC.,

16 Defendants. 17 Before the Court is Plaintiff Langer Juice Company, Inc.’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion 18 to Remand. (Dkt. No. 10, “Motion” or “Mot.”). Defendant Zucrum Foods, LLC, 19 doing business as Zucarmex USA, (“Defendant”), opposed (Dkt. No. 13, “Opp’n”), 20 and Plaintiff replied (Dkt. No. 15, “Reply”). The Court took the matters raised with 21 respect to the Motion under submission without oral argument pursuant to Local Rule 22 7.15. For the following reasons, the Court DENIES the Motion. 23 I. BACKGROUND A. Factual Background Plaintiff alleged in their Complaint (Dkt. No. 1-1 Exh. A, “Complaint” or “Compl.”), that in August 2020, they purchased liquid sugar from the Defendant to add to the juice their company makes, however the batch of juice was contaminated by the sugar, resulting in an improper smell that…