Man Can Pursue Claims against Store that Sold PPA Product After Recall

SEATTLE - A Shell Food Mart that sold a PPA-containing product six months after the FDA issued its public health advisory could be found liable for causing a man to suffer a fatal stroke, the federal judge overseeing the PPA MDL ruled. In re: PPA Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1407 (W.D. Wash.).

In an order entered May 18, U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein remanded plaintiff LeRoy Roberts' case to the Circuit Court of Marion County (Miss.).

Roberts sued the Shell Food Mart and Bayer, the manufacturer of the PPA-containing product, in Mississippi state court, claiming that the product caused his …