Health Care & Hospital Law,
Civil Litigation,
Bankruptcy
Oct. 22, 2021
J&J subsidiary ask bankruptcy judge to hault talc litigation
The company created a separate entity in which to place liability for talc cases and then filed for bankruptcy.
The subsidiary Johnson & Johnson created "to hold and manage" thousands of talc powder claims asked a bankruptcy judge in North Carolina Thursday to stay nearly 40,000 lawsuits nationwide, many in California.
"Without the requested declaration or injunction, claimants would be permitted to (and in fact, appear to be eager to) litigate, in other forums, the exact same talc claims that are being asserted against the Debtor in this Chapte...
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