Walker Family Throws in the Towel on All RF Radiation Claims vs. Cellphone Industry

Pastor Frank Walker's surviving wife and two sons, who alleged that defective phones led to his death from brain cancer in 2020 (see 2210180078), are seeking the dismissal with prejudice, under Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, of all claims against AT&T, Cricket, HMD, Microsoft, Motorola and ZTE, plus CTIA and the Telecommunications Industry Association, according to their motion Friday (docket 2:21-cv-00923) in U.S. District Court for Western Louisiana in Lake Charles. Each party will bear its fees and costs, the motion said. The Walkers’ counsel, Hunter Lundy, of Lundy LLP, signed it. Their listed co-counsel is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of Los Angeles. The Walkers' case was dealt a significant blow April 21 when the court dismissed, on federal preemption grounds, all their claims that the cellphone industry covered up information showing that many cellphones didn't comply with the FCC’s specific absorption rate limitations for how much RF radiation can be absorbed into the human body (see 2304230001).