Simpson v. California Pizza Kitchen, Inc.
United States District Court for the Southern District of California
989 F.Supp.2d 1015 (2013)
Relevant factsFree
Simpson (plaintiff) sued CPK (defendant) in a class action alleging its use of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil in frozen pizzas constituted a public nuisance, claiming both physical harm from consuming the pizzas and emotional harm from having fed them to her children; CPK moved to dismiss.
IssueFree
Whether a private individual has standing to bring a public nuisance claim without showing harm of a kind different from that suffered by the general public.