Silva
Silva v. B&G Foods, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SABRINA SILVA, et al., Case No. 20-cv-00137-JST
Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’
v. MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY
JUDGMENT AND MOTION TO
B&G FOODS, INC., et al., EXCLUDE PALMATIER TESTIMONY Defendants. Re: ECF Nos. 134, 136
12 Before the Court are Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment, ECF No. 134, and Plaintiffs’ motion to exclude the expert report and testimony of Dr. Robert Palmatier, ECF No. 136. The Court will grant both motions in part and deny them in part. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs Sabrina Silva and Nancy Schier brought this case as a putative class action against Defendants B&G Foods, Inc. and B&G Foods North America, Inc. (collectively, “B&G”). They allege that B&G’s Ortega taco shells contained partially hydrogenated oil (“PHO”), and that the front of the packaging misleadingly advertised “0g Trans Fat! per serving” in violation of California’s Unfair…