Who Got the Work?℠: Cozen O'Connor Backs Allstate in Consumer Class Action and More
Welcome to "Who Got the Work?℠," a regular column that highlights the law firms and lawyers around the country who are being brought in to handle key cases and close major deals for their clients.
October 25, 2022 at 04:44 PM
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Allstate insurance office in Baltimore, MD. October 11, 2021. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
Welcome to "Who Got the Work?℠," a regular column that highlights the law firms and lawyers around the country who are being brought in to handle key cases and close major deals for their clients.
Consumer Class Action/Mass Tort Defense
Foley Hoag partner August T. Horvath has entered an appearance for Greenbrier International Inc., a Dollar Tree subsidiary, in a pending consumer class action over the company's 'Assured' brand lidocaine patches. The action, filed Sept. 9 in Illinois Northern District Court by Sheehan & Associates, takes issue with the defendant's claims that the patches provide maximum strength pain relief for up to eight hours. According to the suit, defendant misleads customers regarding the length of time the patches last and the strength of lidocaine within the product. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey, is 1:22-cv-04742, Hunt v. Greenbrier International, Inc. >> Read the filing on Law.com Radar
Steven A. Zalesin, Jane M. Metcalf and Jenna Smith from Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler have stepped in to represent Johnson & Johnson in a pending consumer class action over its labeling of Tylenol. The action, which accuses the company of failing to warn consumers that certain varieties of Tylenol contain titanium dioxide, a metal which can accumulate and cause harm inside the body, was filed Aug. 29 in California Southern District Court by Fitzgerald Joseph. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez, is 3:22-cv-01276, Morrison v. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. >> Read the filing on Law.com Radar
Reed Smith partner James L. Rockney and attorneys from Cooley have entered appearances for Thorley Industries in a pending product liability class action. The suit, filed Aug. 29 in Pennsylvania Western District Court by Robert Peirce & Associates and Poulin Willey Anastopoulo, accuses the defendant of manufacturing and selling defective MamaRoo Baby Swings that pose a strangulation hazard to infants. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan, is 2:22-cv-01245, Demarzio et al v. Thorley Industries, LLC. >> Read the filing on Law.com Radar
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