PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE
MEDICINE v. MCDONALD'S CORPORATION
Filed 8/12/10
IN
THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND
APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION
ONE
PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR
RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE,
Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
MCDONALD'S CORPORATION et al.,
Defendants and Respondents.
B218089
(Los Angeles
County
Super. Ct.
No. BC383722)
APPEAL from
a judgment of the Superior Court
of Los Angeles
County, Emilie H. Elias, Judge. Reversed.
Richards,
Watson & Gershon, Norman A. Dupont, T. Peter Pierce; and Daniel Kinburn for
Plaintiff and Appellant.
Edmund G.
Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Ken Alex, Senior Assistant Attorney General,
Dennis A. Ragen, Laura J. Zuckerman and Claudia Polsky, Deputy Attorneys
General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Goodwin
Procter, Forrest A. Hainline III, Robert B. Bader; Arnold & Porter, Trenton
H. Norris and Sarah Esmaili for Defendants and Respondents.
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Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) appeals from the trial court's grant
of summary judgment in favor of chain
restaurant corporations. The trial court
concluded that federal law preempted Proposition 65 warnings that grilled
chicken contains a known carcinogen. We
reverse.
FACTS
In January
2008, PCRM, a nonprofit organization self-described as â€
| Description | Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) appeals from the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of chain restaurant corporations. The trial court concluded that federal law preempted Proposition 65 warnings that grilled chicken contains a known carcinogen. Court reverse. |
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