11 results for 'judge:"Chesney "'.
J. Chesney dismisses wrongful death claims against Contra Costa County officials stemming from the death of a foster child who had been placed in the care of a foster parent chosen by the county. The complaint has already been tossed twice before, and the same issues persist on its third version. The county was not presented with a claim by the proper date, shielding officials from the claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Chesney, Filed On: April 18, 2024, Case #: 3:19cv7152, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Wrongful Death
J. Chesney dismisses all claims against Reddit brought by the creator of the "WallStreetBets" subreddit after he tried to trademark the name and was banned from moderating content for trying to monetize a Reddit community. The creator says Reddit has infringed on his WallStreetBets marks, but has not shown how he has any ownership rights over the marks or that Reddit has infringed on them.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Chesney, Filed On: January 12, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv686, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Trademark
J. Chesney dismisses class claims against Monsanto Co. from consumers who say they bought a "concentrated form of Roundup" that lacked clear expiration labels, resulting in consumers being led to believe that the product could be used indefinitely. The consumers claim that the products begin to develop unlawful levels of NNGs, a carcinogen, after being stored at length, but all of their claims fail for not bringing forward hard evidence that NNGs could develop beyond the EPA's hard limit of 1 part per million in pesticide products.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Chesney , Filed On: December 4, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv4260, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Product Liability, Class Action
J. Chesney allows consumer warranty claims to continue against Honda over claims that its 2016-2020 Honda Civic and Accord cars have defective "infotainment" systems, such as defective navigation systems and display screens. There is enough evidence on the record to sufficiently allege that certain defects are widespread and problematic enough to continue the suit, while a handful of other claims are tossed for being time-barred.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Chesney, Filed On: September 7, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv6625, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Vehicle, Warranty, Class Action
J. Chesney largely denies the canned fruit seller's motion to dismiss the consumer's suit alleging that fruit cups with the phrase "fruit naturals" on the label misled her into believing that the cups contained only natural ingredients. The consumer has sufficiently pled an injury in fact or causation, but lacks standing to seek injunctive relief and to bring claims under the laws of states other than California and Oregon. She has standing to bring claims related to products she did not herself purchase, but not unidentified products. Claims alleging violations of state consumer protection laws are sufficiently pleaded and not subject to dismissal under a number of theories, but an unjust enrichment claim is dismissed.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Chesney, Filed On: July 25, 2023, Case #: 3:23cv865, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Consumer Law
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J. Chesney finds in favor of two California pet food manufacturers in the consumers' class action alleging that they were tricked into thinking the manufacturers' pet food contains medicine because the pet food had to be prescribed by a vet. As an industry standard, being prescribed a certain pet food by a vet is not necessarily an indication that the pet food contains drugs or medicine, and the products already have accurate, clear ingredient lists that do not require a veterinarian to understand.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Chesney, Filed On: July 12, 2023, Case #: 3:16cv7001, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: Consumer Law, Class Action
J. Chesney dismisses trademark claims against Reddit brought by a user who started the ���WallStreetBets��� subreddit and subsequently tried to trademark ���WallStreetBets.��� The user claims Reddit suspended his account for attempting to monetize the community and then filed its own paperwork to register the ���WallStreetBets��� mark. His claims fail because Reddit is the one providing the online forum where that phrase is being used in the first place, and the mark is also simply not famous enough to warrant any special protections.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Chesney, Filed On: July 11, 2023, Case #: 3:23cv686, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Trademark
J. Chesney dismisses several employment claims against Skywest Airlines from a pilot who says the airline does not pay their California-based pilots proper overtime wages or provide proper meal breaks. The meal and rest break claims are preempted by the Federal Aviation Act. The pilot's expenditure reimbursement claim fails because he was not required to use his personal cell phone to clock in or to communicate with traffic controllers and dispatchers.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Chesney, Filed On: May 22, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv4674, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, Preemption
J. Chesney grants partial summary judgment to a group of manufactures that are accused of conspiring to fix the prices of assemblies for hard disk drives. The claims cannot continue in regard to products that never made it to the United States, but claims relating to products that made it into the United States can move forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Chesney, Filed On: May 15, 2023, Case #: 3:20cv1217, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: Antitrust