11th Circuit Allows Extension for Filing of Reply Brief in Appeal of Order Approving Benzene Sunscreen Settlement

ATLANTA –– The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has permitted an appellant-cross appellee more time to file a reply brief in the appeal of an order approving a settlement agreement of claims relating to the benzene content in Johnson & Johnson sunscreen products.

In an Oct. 2 docket entry, the 11th Circuit said it permitted appellant-cross appellee Theodore H. Frank an extension and that the brief is now due on Oct. 19.

On Sept. 5, a brief was filed by the appellees/cross-appellants in which the stated that they did not believe that oral argument would assist the court since …