Testone
Testone v. Barleans Organic Oils, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL TESTONE, COLLIN Case No.: 3:19-cv-00169-RBM-BGS SHANKS, and LAMARTINE PIERRE, 12 on behalf of themselves and all others ORDER: similarly situated, (1) GRANTING MOTION FOR Plaintiffs,
ATTORNEYS’ FEES, COSTS, AND
v. SERVICE AWARDS (Doc. 130); and
BARLEAN’S ORGANIC OILS, LLC, (2) GRANTING MOTION FOR Defendant. FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT (Doc. 131) 18
20 Plaintiffs Michael Testone, Collin Shanks, and Lamartine Pierre (“Plaintiffs”) filed 21 this lawsuit against Defendant Barlean’s Organic Oils, LLC (“Defendant”) on January 24, 22 2019, alleging Defendant “misleadingly markets its coconut oil Products as inherently 23 healthy, and a healthy alternative to butter and various cooking oils, despite that coconut 24 oil is actually inherently unhealthy, and a less healthy option to these alternatives.” (Doc. 25 35, First Amended Compl. ¶ 1 (emphases omitted).) The Court granted Plaintiffs’ motion 26 for class…