by Halley Porter | Mar 1, 2023 | Top Cases, Bryan Aylstock, Jason Richards, Product Liability, Sunscreen Recall
AWKO lawyers Bryan Aylstock and Jason Richards were appointed co-lead counsel by the judge in this MDL. Over 209,000 claims were filed and processed. In rejecting to the single objector’s claim that the settlement could have been better, the court said “there is no...
by Halley Porter | Feb 14, 2023 | Top Cases, Daniel Thornburgh, Product Liability, Talcum Powder
(Reuters) -The bankruptcy case filed by Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary shouldering talc-related lawsuits will soon be dismissed unless the U.S. appeals court agrees to reconsider its decision to nix the company’s attempt to offload the litigation into...
by Halley Porter | Feb 1, 2023 | Top Cases, Daniel Thornburgh, Product Liability, Talcum Powder
This morning, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit dismissed a bankruptcy petition by Johnson & Johnson, forcing the company’s subsidiary, LTL Management, to continue litigating lawsuits filed by plaintiffs alleging the company’s talcum powder...
by Halley Porter | Oct 27, 2022 | Chelsie Warner, 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
Nathan Frei first seen the persistent ringing in his ears shortly after he returned from coaching with the US navy. “I thought it was a noise from some electronic gadget and started looking around my apartment to find it. But then I realised the ringing was in my...
by Halley Porter | Aug 30, 2022 | Top Cases, Daniel Thornburgh, Product Liability, Talcum Powder
Earlier this month, the United States-headquartered multinational Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced that it would discontinue its talc-based baby powder products globally in 2023. The company will drop talc — a mineral that is mined — from its baby powder...
