Swinging for Fences via Suit Over Ultraprocessed Food, Plaintiff Lawyers Hit Weak Dribbler to the Mound as Penn Judge Cites 'Woefully Deficient' Evidence in Dismissing Action

Critics of ultraprocessed food learned yesterday that their Big Tobacco moment has not yet arrived. That's when a judge in Philadelphia dismissed a lawsuit charging 9 food/bev giants with sickening a Pennsylvania teen on grounds that plaintiff lawyers had failed to explain which specific items from those cos were to...
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Publishing Info

  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue #: 174
  • Issue Date: 08/26/2025