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RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ – Seeger Weiss partner Christopher L. Ayers has been appointed Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel in the Band-Aid PFAS litigation by the Honorable Judge Michael A. Shipp of the District of New Jersey. The litigation consolidates multiple class action lawsuits alleging that Johnson & Johnson and its spin-off company Kenvue Inc. sold Band-Aid brand adhesive bandages containing unsafe levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals while failing to disclose their presence to consumers.
PFAS are synthetic “forever chemicals” known for their persistence in the environment and human body. Testing has revealed detectable levels of PFAS in Band-Aid products, including the OURTONE line which features a variety of Black and Brown skin tones marketed to people of color. The lawsuits allege that defendants marketed Band-Aids as safe and high-quality while knowingly selling products containing dangerous PFAS chemicals without disclosing their presence.
“I am honored to serve as co-lead counsel in this important consumer protection case,” said Ayers. “For generations, millions of Americans have trusted Band-Aid products, applying them directly to injuries without knowing they contain forever chemicals that can be absorbed into the body. We are committed to holding Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue accountable for concealing the presence of these dangerous chemicals in their products and will work to ensure consumers have transparency about products they trust with their families’ health.”
A partner at Seeger Weiss, Christopher Ayers is an experienced trial attorney representing individual and corporate plaintiffs in complex litigation nationwide. He currently serves on the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee and Co-Chair of the E-Discovery Committee in the Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Litigation and represents the Estate of Henrietta Lacks and members of her family seeking justice against pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for unjustly profiting off Mrs. Lacks’s stolen cells. His practice focuses on class actions, mass torts, and complex commercial litigation involving consumer protection, product liability, and corporate misconduct.
One of the nation’s preeminent plaintiffs’ law firms, Seeger Weiss is best known for multidistrict mass torts and class actions in both state and federal court—and especially for taking those cases to trial. With the resources and dedication to take on the world’s largest corporations, the firm has an impressive track record of victories against companies like Merck, Monsanto, and 3M—and a reputation for sticking with a case from beginning to end. From offices in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, the firm has represented over 10,000 individuals, companies, and governments across the United States who have been injured or defrauded on a massive scale. Since its founding in 1999, it has led many of the most complex and high-profile cases in the country: the National Prescription Opiate Litigation, which the Washington Post called “the largest federal court case in U.S. history”; the “Dieselgate” scandal; the sprawling multistate litigation on behalf of survivors of child sexual abuse; and the history-making National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation.
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