More than two dozen cannabis testing laboratories are seeking a collective $1 billion in damages from a major medical-equipment manufacturer they claim sold them faulty gear under false promises.
The suit, refiled in Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts on July 24, accuses Massachusetts-based PerkinElmer Health Sciences, now known as Revvity Health Sciences, of undertaking a ‘knowingly and intentionally deceptive marketing and sales campaign’ to sell equipment it knew “could not – and w(as) not designed to” test cannabis, court documents show.
Keith Bensten, the attorney of record for Revvity, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment from MJBizDaily on Monday.
In a June 18 response, made to an earlier version of the complaint first filed in January, the company rejected the fraud claims as ‘insufficient’ and ‘inadequate.’
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