by Halley Porter | Sep 22, 2023 | Daniel Thornburgh, Phenylephrine
The attorney who sued over cold medicine last week is vowing to add a defendant based on new ownership of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (JJCI). Jason Richards of the Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz law firm filed a complaint September 13 on behalf of...
by Halley Porter | Sep 18, 2023 | Daniel Thornburgh, Phenylephrine
A Pensacola law firm is the first to file a national class action lawsuit the same week the Federal Drug Administration determined a decongestant ingredient in hundreds of over-the-counter medicine is ineffective. Phenylephrine is in medicines like Sudafed, Vicks...
by Halley Porter | Aug 30, 2023 | Chelsie Warner, 3M Defective Earplugs, Bryan Aylstock, Caitlyn Miller, Douglass Kreis, Jennifer Hoekstra, Neil Overholtz, Top Cases
3M (MMM.N) has agreed to pay $6.01 billion to settle lawsuits by U.S. military veterans and service members who say they suffered hearing loss from using the company’s earplugs, the company and lawyers for the plaintiffs announced on Tuesday. The deal comes...
by Halley Porter | Aug 3, 2023 | Top Cases, Nathan Bess, Nicole Guntner, Samuel Geisler, Skanska Claims
A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with a Pensacola federal judge who found that Skanska was negligent in its response to Hurricane Sally when more than two dozen of its barges broke loose from their moorings, causing chaos across Pensacola Bay. A three-judge...
by Halley Porter | Jun 22, 2023 | Top Cases, Daniel Thornburgh, Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
The National Transportation Safety Board will start taking sworn testimony Thursday as part of its probe into the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The agency is holding an investigative hearing on Thursday and Friday in East Palestine, where a Norfolk...