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Nature of Suit Code: 245
Nature of Suit: Real Property Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VICTOR GUTTMANN,

Plaintiff,

 v.

NISSIN FOODS (USA) COMPANY INC.,

Defendant. /

No. C 15-00567 WHA

ORDER RE LIMITED

DISCOVERY AND

SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING

The Court is concerned that plaintiff lacks Article III standing. This is an issue best

resolved on a sworn evidentiary record rather than on the pleadings. Therefore, defendant will

be entitled to propound FIVE requests for production of documents narrowly-tailored to this

issue, and plaintiff will sit for a ONE-DAY DEPOSITION, also tailored to this issue. This limited

discovery shall be completed by JULY 21, 2015. Both sides will submit briefs explaining the

results of this limited discovery by JULY 27 AT NOON. 

At least THREE DAYS prior to his deposition, plaintiff shall sign a sworn declaration

setting forth the approximate dates and quantities of the accused product that he purchased and

consumed and the extent to which he was aware, at the time that he purchased defendants’

products, that if a food product contained less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving, the trans

fat content of that product, if expressed in the nutrition facts, must be expressed as zero pursuant

to regulation.

Plaintiff shall also disclose the extent to which he has been medically diagnosed with any

of the conditions described in his complaint that the complaint alleges are caused by the

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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consumption of artificial trans fats, such as high cholesterol. To protect plaintiff’s privacy, those

portions of plaintiff’s deposition and the parties’ supplemental submissions that discuss his

medical history may be temporarily filed under seal.

In the meantime, the Court will continue to work on defendant’s motion to dismiss.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 2, 2015. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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