{"id":98,"date":"2015-10-26T11:11:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T16:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=98"},"modified":"2018-09-12T16:09:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T21:09:37","slug":"eleventh-circuit-upholds-denial-of-class-action-in-diet-drug-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/eleventh-circuit-upholds-denial-of-class-action-in-diet-drug-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleventh Circuit Upholds Denial of Class Action in Diet Drug Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court&#8217;s dismissal of a proposed class action based on the plaintiffs&#8217; failure to meet a number\u00a0of the four required elements of class certification.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/media.ca11.uscourts.gov\/opinions\/unpub\/files\/201411648.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Karhu v. Vital Pharm, Inc.<\/a><\/em>, the defendant manufactured and marketed a dietary supplement intended to help users lose weight. The defendant marketed the product for this purpose. The plaintiffs&#8217; class action lawsuit alleged that the product did not in fact aid with weight loss as\u00a0the defendant claimed. The plaintiffs sought to certify a class of product users nationwide.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/eleventh-circuit-upholds-denial-of-class-action-in-diet-drug-lawsuit\/#more-98\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court&#8217;s dismissal of a proposed class action based on the plaintiffs&#8217; failure to meet a number\u00a0of the four required elements of class certification. In\u00a0Karhu v. Vital Pharm, Inc., the defendant manufactured and marketed a dietary supplement intended to help users lose weight. 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