Hilsley
Hilsley v. General Mills, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CRYSTAL HILSLEY, et al., Case No.: 3:18-cv-00395-L-BLM
Plaintiffs,
CLASS ACTION
v.
ORDER DENYING RENEWED
GENERAL MILLS, INC. et al.,
MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY
Defendants. SETTLEMENT APPROVAL
16 [ECF No. 76] 17 In this putative class action alleging deceptive advertising and labeling, Plaintiffs filed a renewed motion for preliminary settlement approval. (ECF No. 76, “Prelim. Approval Mot.”). Defendants filed a joinder. (ECF No. 77 (“Joinder”).) The Court decides this matter on the briefs without oral argument. See Civ. L. R. 7.1(d)(1). For the reasons stated below, the Preliminary Approval Motion is denied. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs, consumers who purchased fruit flavored snacks manufactured by Defendant General Mills, Inc. (“General Mills” or “Defendant”), brought this putative class action alleging that the product labels were misleading because they falsely claimed that the snacks had "no artificial flavors" and were…