In Stanley Cups Litigation, Consumers Are Pushing to Consolidate Cases

Consumers suing the maker of the ultra popular Stanley Quencher tumblers over claims the company failed to disclose that the cups are made with lead are asking a federal judge to consolidate the lawsuits in federal court in Washington state, court records show.

Lawyers for plaintiffs who have filed three proposed class actions against Stanley parent Pacific Market International asked U.S. District Judge Tana Lin on Friday to consolidate those cases and any other current or future lawsuits over the claims in her courtroom in Seattle, where Pacific Market is based.

Consolidation would allow Lin to rule on discovery and other disputes in all of the cases at once, which the plaintiffs say would prevent disparate rulings in the different cases.

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