Prominent South African trial attorney Richard Spoor is close to having a judge certifying as a class people who can sue Tiger Brands over the largest listeriosis outbreak in world history. And Spoor credits Tiger Brands with agreeing to go along with the class action when South Africa’s largest food company was within its rights to delay the process by years.
A class action allows a group of plaintiffs to proceed over individual classes. The listeriosis class action for the more than 1,000 victims and their survivors is expected to be certified within a few days by Deputy Judge Phineas Mojapelo.