Dairy spoons out $6.1-million settlement

Paul M. Anderson

GLENDALE -- A Glendale yogurt maker recently collected $6.1 million

from a dairy company, ending years of legal wrangling over a stolen

recipe.

Continental Culture Specialists of Glendale has been fighting several

companies over the past 20 years to recover lost profits, said Chris

Carr, one of the attorneys who represented Continental in the last trial.

A jury ordered Stueve Brothers Farms -- formerly known as A1819566368

The case stemmed from Continental’s allegations that Alta Dena took

Continental’s trade secrets for its yogurt, Carr said.

In April, Stueve Brothers Farms agreed to settle the case for $6.1

million, Carr said. The company made its final payment Oct. 29, he added.

Continental won about $2 million in compensatory damages in 1989 from

Alta Dena and others, Carr said.