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Kurtz v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation et al

  1. June 13, 2023

    Costco, Kimberly-Clark Get OK For $20M Flushable Wipe Deal

    A Brooklyn federal judge has given final approval to a $20 million settlement in two class actions against wholesale giant Costco and Kimberly-Clark over allegedly faulty flushable wipes, overruling one class member who argued the settlement gives too much money to class counsel.

  2. April 28, 2023

    Costco And Buyers Pen $5M Deal To End Wipe Claims

    Costco has agreed to pay up to $5 million to end an almost decade-old claim that it lied about its Kirkland Signature brand wipes being flushable and that the wipes damaged customers' pipes and septic systems.

  3. April 05, 2022

    Kimberly-Clark 'Flushable' Wipes Buyers Ink $20M Deal

    Kimberly-Clark has agreed to shell out up to $20 million to put to rest a pair of class actions alleging its flushable wipes actually damage or clog pipes and septic systems, according to a proposed settlement filed in New York federal court Tuesday.

  4. October 08, 2019

    Flushable Wipes Judge Plumbs Product's Precise Use

    A Brooklyn federal judge quickly brushed aside questions about the qualifications of experts in flushable wipes class action litigation on Tuesday and frustrated counsel by instead fixating on how consumers use the product.

  5. February 27, 2017

    3 Groups Certified, Nat'l Class Denied In 'Flushable' Wipe Row

    Procter & Gamble, Kimberly-Clark and Costco will have to face three classes of consumers accusing them of mislabeling bathroom wipes that don't degrade quickly as "flushable" after a New York federal judge on Monday whittled down a pile of related cases and cut out the proposed nationwide class.

  6. February 03, 2017

    NY Judge To Certify 2 Of 6 'Flushable' Wipe Class Actions

    Calling it a "knife-edge" decision, a New York federal judge on Friday said he would certify two of six proposed class actions accusing Procter & Gamble, Kimberly-Clark, Costco and others of mislabeling as "flushable" bathroom wipes that do not degrade quickly enough.

  7. July 18, 2016

    FTC Frees Kimberly-Clark From False Ad Case, Co. Says

    Kimberly-Clark wants a New York federal judge to know the Federal Trade Commission is no longer looking into how the health care-product company advertises its Cottonelle flushable moist wipes, meaning its case can’t be lumped in with other flushable wipes false-advertising suits.

  8. June 28, 2016

    Judge Prods 'Flushable' Wipe Suits Toward FTC Adjudication

    A New York federal judge who stayed six proposed class actions accusing Costco, CVS and others of misbranding pipe-clogging wipes as "flushable" while the U.S. Federal Trade Commission defines the term encouraged the parties on Tuesday to consider having their claims aggregated before the agency.

  9. December 11, 2015

    'Flushable' Wipes Suit Remains On Hold Pending FTC Action

    A New York federal judge said Tuesday that it's too soon to lift a stay on a proposed class action accusing Costco Wholesale Corp. and Kimberly-Clark Corp. of misbranding pipe-clogging sanitary wipes as "flushable," ruling that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is still working to define that term.

  10. October 05, 2015

    'Flushable' Wipe Class Actions Stayed Pending FTC Inquiry

    A New York federal judge on Monday ordered a stay in six proposed false labeling class action accusing Procter & Gamble, Costco, CVS and others of selling "flushable" wipes that clog pipes, stating that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is currently evaluating the meaning of the term.

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