Judge Tosses Vanilla Ice Cream Suit Against McDonalds

Earlier this week, McDonald’s beat a proposed class action that accuses the fast food chain of selling vanilla ice cream products falsely advertised as having a natural vanilla flavor, according to a report in Law 360.

In a five-page order, U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg ruled in McDonald’s favor and axed the suit, finding that the named plaintiff did not provide enough facts to bolster the argument that reasonable consumers would expect vanilla ice cream products to exclusively be flavored with vanilla beans. The judge has allowed the woman behind the suit an opportunity to amend her complaint.