FELLNER v. TRI-UNION SEAFOODS, L.L.C.

No. 07-1238.

539 F.3d 237 (2008)

Deborah FELLNER, individually and on behalf of those similarly situated v. TRI-UNION SEAFOODS, L.L.C. d/b/a Chicken of the Sea Deborah Fellner, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: August 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth A. Schoen, Scott H. Goldstein, Bonner, Kiernan, Trebach & Crociata, Parsippany, NJ, John A. Kiernan (Argued), Bonner, Kiernan, Trebach & Crociata, Boston, MA, Attorneys for Appellee.

William O. Crutchlow, Khalid Elhassan, Eichen, Levinson & Crutchlow, Edison, NJ, Adina H. Rosenbaum (Argued), Brian Wolfman, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Appellant.

Before: SLOVITER, SMITH and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Deborah Fellner filed this lawsuit against defendant Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC ("Tri-Union") in the Superior Court of New Jersey seeking damages for harm she allegedly sustained as a result of her consumption of methylmercury and other harmful compounds contained in Tri-Union's tuna fish products. The case was removed to federal court, and Tri-Union filed...

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