A California woman who filed a lawsuit against Subway because her tuna products contained additional ingredients from the fish has filed a request to have the case dropped because she is pregnant. In response, Subway is seeking sanctions against the attorneys involved in the lawsuit, arguing that the allegation is shallow and baseless.
Nilima Amin, who accused Subway, revealed she was unable to deal with the intense nausea and impaired mental health the pregnancy caused. The woman reported that she was pregnant with her third child and prevented from performing her duties as a plaintiff in Subway’s case. She is now trying to end the process so she can focus on her health and family. Then she wants to file the lawsuit.
Woman sues Subway but decides to file pregnancy lawsuit
Amin claimed to have purchased tuna products from Subway on more than 100 occasions before filing the lawsuit against the product, which began in January 2021. She accused Subway of using other types of fish, pork, or chicken in tuna sandwiches, or even not using tuna as advertised.
But the company won’t allow that. In a lawsuit that took place on May 1, Subway said Amin’s justification was unconvincing, suggesting his attorneys realized they wouldn’t be easily lured into an unexpected deal by blackmail given the company’s big name .
In the same trial, Subway reported that the exposure caused major damage and spawned multiple theories about the company’s legitimacy. Subway hopes the woman will debunk what was created around the tuna product. In 2022, US District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco allowed Amin’s case to proceed but dismissed his claim that “small consumers” would expect to find only tuna and nothing else.
The litigation is still pending, but it seems Subway, which has more than 37,000 franchises in the US, won’t make it any easier by giving up.