Year: 2021

Recent Posts in 2021
December 13, 2021

U.S. Supreme Court snubs J&J’s bid to avoid Mississippi talc lawsuit

Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, is pleased that the Supreme Court denied certiorari to Johnson & Johnson in this case and will continue to pursue justice for our clients in ...

December 10, 2021

The Pedestrian-Death Crisis Came to My Neighborhood

At Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, we represent pedestrians and others injured by negligent drivers. Unfortunately, as noted in this article in The Atlantic 15 pedestrians have ...

November 23, 2021

Johnson & Johnson talc claimant group says spinoff will create ‘barriers’

Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP Senior Partners Michelle Parfitt and James F. Green attended the hearing on November 22, 2021 before Judge Kaplan in the United States Bankruptcy ...

November 10, 2021

Strap in: Cities with the Most Car Accidents

According to a recent study by the data science team at Insurify which analyzed over 1.6 million car insurance applications, Silver Spring, Maryland has the second most car ...

November 10, 2021

U.S. judge temporarily halts Johnson & Johnson talc cases, moves them to New Jersey

Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP Senior Partner Michelle Parfitt serves as Co-Lead Counsel of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Talc multidistrict litigation pending in ...

November 10, 2021

Unsealed emails show how Johnson & Johnson shaped report on talc’s links to cancer

Ashcraft & Gerel is leading the charge to hold J&J accountable for its actions. Unsealed emails reveal the role baby-powder maker Johnson & Johnson played in a ...

November 3, 2021

No Bankruptcy Bailouts for Wealthy Corporations

Thousands of Americans have died from ovarian cancer or mesothelioma caused by Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder. This dangerous product has been found to contain a known ...

October 28, 2021

Judge in Johnson & Johnson talc liability bankruptcy may kick case out of North Carolina

Our lawyers are working hard to ensure Johnson & Johnson doesn’t use the bankruptcy laws to avoid responsibility for its actions. “The judge overseeing the ...

October 27, 2021

J&J Loses a Round in Bankruptcy Spat Over Baby Powder Suits

Our Senior Partner Michelle Parfitt is Co-Lead Counsel of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the federal talc multidistrict litigation (MDL) pending in New Jersey. ...

October 4, 2021

Pedestrians face greater danger as D.C. reopens

October is National Pedestrian Safety Month. There has been a dramatic increase in driver, pedestrian, and cyclist fatalities in recent years. We support making our streets ...