date:Jul 12, 2012
The company sought to strike out the class action filed in the US District Court of New Jersey on June 29 2012 by plaintiffs Maureen Stewart, Kelly Lamicella and Nicole Bello, on their own behalf and as a nationwide class action.
Despite this setback, Paula Erickson, VP communications and PR, for Beam Inc., told BeverageDaily.com: We are continuing to vigorously defend this case and are fully confident we will prevail.
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