Bankruptcy

Kinsella Media specializes in assisting bankruptcy courts in cases that include mass tort claimants such as individuals with asbestos and breast implant claims. Undertaking our first case in 1986, the Johns-Manville bankruptcy, Kinsella brought a sophisticated approach to noticing unidentifiable claimants by providing the courts with quantifiable results – an approach that has become the standard for bankruptcies with mass tort claims.

Selected Case Experience

In re Dow Corning

No. 95-20512 (Bankr. E.D. Mich.)

Kinsella Media provided expert consulting in the Dow Corning breast implant litigation with respect to adequately reaching women with silicone implants in the United States and worldwide. The firm also served as a liaison between the plaintiffs’ committee and the defendants to ensure an adequate plan of notification and worldwide implementation.

In re U.S. Brass Corp.

No. 94-40823S (Bankr. E.D. Tex.)

In addition to notice to creditors in this bankruptcy, notice was required to individuals whose homes and vehicles contained Qest®, a brand of polybutylene pipe. Extensive notice was directed to boat owners, recreational vehicle owners, directors and managers of municipal water systems as well as owners of site-built homes, apartments, condominiums, motels, hotels and mobile homes. National consumer publications, Hispanic newspapers and trade publications reached key targeted audiences with over 90% penetration.

In re Johns-Manville Corp.

68 B.R. 618 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)

In re W.R. Grace & Co.

No. 01-01139 (Bankr. D. Del.)

In re Owens Corning

No. 00-03837 (Bankr. D. Del.)

In re Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

No. 00-4471 (Bankr. D. Del.)

In re Swan Transportation Company

No. 01-11690 (Bankr. D. Del.)

In re USG Corporation

Nos. 01-2094 - 01-2104 (Bankr. D. Del.)

In re Kaiser Aluminum Corporation

No. 02-10429 (D. Del)

In re Raytech Corp.

No. 5-89-00293 (Bankr. D. Conn.)

"An extensive campaign designed to provide the maximum amount of publicity ... that was reasonable to expect of man and media."

— Judge Burton Lifland
In re Johns-Manville Corp.
68 B.R. 618 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)

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