After a judge allows Smucker’s lawsuit against Trader Joe’s frozen PB&J to proceed, the court places both sandwiches under a preservation order. Lawyers measure every crimp and corner while jurors are instructed not to thaw the evidence. The decisive exhibit melts on the witness stand, and both companies ask the judge to destroy it before the other can claim the shape.
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