A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Thursday denied Shook, Hardy & Bacon attorneys’ attempts to further delay trial in a products liability suit lodged against their client, Panera Bread Co., over its caffeinated Charged Lemonade, which allegedly led to the death of a Philadelphia woman.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Savage of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied Panera’s motion to reschedule the Oct. 7 trial in the case Katz v. Panera Bread until Dec. 2. Panera asked the court to reconsider, as its defense counsel, including Marc Miles, Kristy Schlesinger and Gabriel Spooner, would be tied up in at least one other intellectual property case, Hubert Hansen Intellectual Property Trust v. The Coca-Cola Co., in a California state court.