by Halley Porter | Jan 23, 2023 | Top Cases, Baby Formula Recall, Samuel Geisler
Michigan plant at center of probe was temporarily closed by the company last year after potentially deadly bacteria was found U.S. lawmakers have accused Abbott of engaging in a coverup following a contamination and recall at a key formula plant in Sturgis, Mich. The...
by Halley Porter | Dec 17, 2022 | Top Cases, Nathan Bess, Nicole Guntner, Samuel Geisler, Skanska Claims
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The legal battles continue over damage caused by Skanska barges during Hurricane Sally. The company tasked with building the Three Mile Bridge appealed a federal judge’s decision that would allow those who saw damage from their barges to...
by Halley Porter | Sep 9, 2022 | Top Cases, Baby Formula Recall, Samuel Geisler
(Reuters) – The federal judge overseeing mass tort litigation over claims that babies were sickened by formula from an Abbott Laboratories plant closed earlier this year has appointed lawyers at Johnson Becker and Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz to lead...
by Halley Porter | Sep 8, 2022 | JUUL & E-Cigarettes, Nicole Guntner, Samuel Geisler, Vaping
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The Juul settlement announced Tuesday may be just the beginning of payouts over the company’s e-cigarettes. The company agreed to pay nearly half a billion dollars, and change its marketing techniques. A two-year bipartisan investigation...
by Halley Porter | Sep 6, 2022 | Top Cases, Baby Formula Recall, Samuel Geisler
Abbott’s lawyers at Jones Day negotiated secret settlements and used scorched earth tactics with families whose infants fell ill after consuming powdered formula. Early on a Saturday morning in 2013, Mark Bennett, a federal judge, walked into his chambers in the...
by Halley Porter | Jul 15, 2022 | Top Cases, Baby Formula Recall, Samuel Geisler
An Escambia County woman is one of dozens of people who have filed lawsuits in federal court suing the largest baby formula manufacturing company in the country. Kelli Green filed a civil lawsuit Monday against Abbott Laboratories, doing business as Abbott Nutrition,...