Travis County Product‑Liability Case Against Trader Joe's Removed to Federal Court

Katherine Leigh filed a product-liability action in the 250th District Court of Travis County under case number D-1-GN-26-000399, and that state-court case was removed to federal court and docketed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The removal was entered on Feb 26, 2026, moving the matter out of Travis County's civil docket and into the federal system.

The original Travis County filing named Trader Joe’s Company as defendant and carried the local docket designation D-1-GN-26-000399. The complaint's claim type is product-liability; the filing initiating that claim remained active in county records until the removal notice was filed and processed on Feb 26, 2026.

After removal, the matter was docketed in federal court as Leigh v. Trader Joe’s Company e in the Western District of Texas. The federal docket now holds the case record that previously appeared under the 250th District Court number. Court filings and future entries for Leigh v. Trader Joe’s Company e will appear on the Western District of Texas docket rather than Travis County civil filings.

As of March 4, 2026 the case remains on the federal docket following the Feb 26, 2026 removal. That procedural shift subjects the action to the Western District of Texas scheduling orders, local rules, and federal practice requirements, replacing the 250th District Court's procedures that applied when Katherine Leigh's complaint was first filed in Travis County.

For Trader Joe’s, the administrative consequence of the removal is concrete: correspondence, filings, and notices tied to D-1-GN-26-000399 will now be tracked under the Western District of Texas entries for Leigh v. Trader Joe’s Company e. Future deadlines, any motions to remand or challenges to jurisdiction, and discovery schedules will proceed through the federal docket assigned after the Feb 26, 2026 removal.