Unilever Files Snarky Motion To Shred St. Ives Class Action

St. Ives owner lays into a putative class action denouncing the brand’s Apricot Scrub as “completely worthless” and suggesting that it damages users’ skin, contrary to claims. According to Unilever’s motion for dismissal, the plaintiffs have styled a product liability complaint as a false advertising suit in order to recover damages for a nationwide class of purchasers, but lack standing and plausibility in their claims.

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Unilever seeks to dismiss a suit alleging that the crushed walnut shell in its St. Ives Apricot Scrub damages unwitting users’ skin, arguing that plaintiffs lack standing under consumer-protection statutes and their claims are implausible, among other failings.

Plaintiffs Kaylee Browning and Sarah Basile filed their complaint in December 2016 in California Central District Court, Southern Division, on...

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