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Innovative Solutions International Inc v. Houlihan Trading Co Inc et al

  1. March 28, 2025

    Grocery Vendor Gets $3M In Atty Fees In Bony Chicken Case

    A Washington federal judge has awarded an Evergreen State grocery vendor about $3 million in attorney fees following its $10.5 million jury trial win in its case blaming a poultry producer for a lost chicken burger deal with Trader Joe's, acknowledging the "excellent work" of the plaintiff's counsel while stopping short of granting the full $4.5 million fee request.

  2. December 11, 2024

    CORRECTED: Jury Finds Poultry Co. Owes $10.5M For Bony Chicken

    Pilgrim's Pride owes Washington-based grocery vendor Innovative Solutions Inc. $10.5 million for consumer protection and negligence claims, a federal jury said Wednesday, capping off a weeklong trial in which Innovative accused the poultry producer of selling it bony chicken that ultimately ruined a chicken burger deal with Trader Joe's. Correction: An earlier version of the story misstated the verdict amount. The error has been corrected.

  3. December 10, 2024

    Trader Joe's Seller Fumbled Burger Deal, Poultry Co. Says

    Pilgrim's Pride told a federal jury Tuesday it was not ultimately responsible when a grocery supplier used its bony chicken shipments to make burgers, arguing the vendor failed to inspect the meat for excessive bones, leading to eventual recalls and the end of its Trader Joe's deal.

  4. December 02, 2024

    Trial Begins In Trader Joe's Vendor's Fight With Poultry Supplier

    Employees of a poultry producer cracked vulgar jokes about the quality of the meat while packaging raw chicken tainted with bone fragments, a Washington-state grocery store vendor told a federal jury on Monday, blaming the meatpacker for the demise of the Chili Lime Chicken Burgers previously made exclusively for Trader Joe's.

  5. November 15, 2024

    Trader Joe's Burger Maker Gets $3M For Bony Chicken Batch

    A chicken wholesaler has agreed to pay $3 million to the former maker of the Trader Joe's-branded "Chili Lime Chicken Burgers" to end claims that it sent bony chicken shipments down the supply chain while misrepresenting the poultry as boneless, ultimately fueling consumer complaints.

  6. January 30, 2024

    Trader Joe's Supplier Wins Contract Claim Over Bony Birds

    A Washington federal judge ruled on Tuesday that a poultry supplier breached its contract by selling a Trader Joe's chicken burger manufacturer a "boneless" shipment that contained bone fragments, while ruling that a jury should decide other issues in the supply chain suit, including whether the batch was wrongly characterized as "breast trim."

  7. March 23, 2023

    Chicken Seller Can't Blame Bones On Trader Joe's Supplier

    A poultry producer getting roasted for allegedly selling bony chicken labeled as "boneless" can't turn the suit back against the Trader Joe's provider that's suing it for the bad batch, a Washington federal judge ruled Thursday.

  8. October 19, 2022

    Pilgrim's Can't Butcher Meat Co.'s Trader Joe's Burger Suit

    A Seattle federal judge has kept alive a lawsuit brought by the provider of Trader Joe's "Chili Chicken Lime Burgers," saying there's enough meat on the bones of the company's allegations that Pilgrim's Pride Corp. misrepresented its chicken as "boneless" when it was actually full of bone fragments.

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