California Says Judge Who Said Coffee Needs Cancer Warning is Biased
California said a state judge who earlier this year ruled that coffee requires a cancer warning is too biased to oversee a new lawsuit that challenges the state’s proposal to exempt the beverage from the requirement.
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment this week filed a request to disqualify Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle.
Separately, a California Court of Appeals last week stayed the third phase of a trial before Berle, scheduled to start Oct. 15, on what coffee retailers and brewers would have to pay for failing to warn consumers that coffee contains a chemical known to cause cancer.
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