Critical Mass with Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Bankruptcy Judge Disbands Dual Talc Claimant Committees. Dozens Vie To Lead CPAP Recall Lawsuits.
A federal judge has scheduled four days of interviews with lawyers who want to lead lawsuits over allegedly defective breathing machines.
January 26, 2022 at 12:01 PM
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Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. Ahead of a critical dismissal hearing next month, a bankruptcy judge reinstated the original committee representing talc claimants. A federal judge has scheduled four days of interviews with lawyers who want to lead lawsuits over defective breathing machines. Find out who is representing the former owner of a Bronx apartment building that caught fire this month, killing 17 people.
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Johnson & Johnson's baby powder/Photo: Raihana Asral/Shutterstock.com Judge in Talc Bankruptcy Invalidates Trustee's Claimant Committees
In the high-profile Chapter 11 case involving 38,000 talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson, the bankruptcy judge took the unusual step of disbanding the two claimants' committees. On Dec. 23, the U.S. trustee had created the two committees – one for individuals claiming Johnson & Johnson's talc products caused ovarian cancer, another for mesothelioma victims – but New Jersey Chief Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan invalidated the action. His reasons: a previous judge in the case already created a committee to represent the two types of claimants.
Kaplan then reinstated that committee, which has 11 members represented by law firms such as Beasley Allen and Levy Konigsberg.
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