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PepsiCo beats New York state's lawsuit over plastics pollution
Rueters ^ | 01 Nov 2024 | Jonathan Stempel
Posted on 11/01/2024 11:15:27 PM PDT by blueplum
NEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - PepsiCo (PEP.O), won the dismissal of New York's lawsuit accusing the beverage and snack-food company of polluting the environment with single-use plastic packaging, as the judge criticized the state's attorney general, Letitia James, for bringing the case.
Justice Emilio Colaiacovo of the state Supreme Court in Buffalo said on Thursday that James failed to show PepsiCo created a public nuisance and should have warned consumers about the health and environmental risks of plastics in more than 100 of its brands...
"The judicial system should not be burdened with predatory lawsuits that seek to impose punishment while searching for a crime," ....A spokeswoman for James said the attorney general's office is disappointed with the decision...
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: courts; letitiajames; pepsi; pepsico; predatorylawsuits
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1 posted on 11/01/2024 11:15:27 PM PDT by blueplum
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