Civil Procedure
Apr. 6, 2023
Judge moves to halt talc cases as J&J bankruptcy proceeds
The question is whether the latest maneuver by Johnson & Johnson and a group of plaintiffs’ attorneys will work, or if it will suffer the fate of the bankruptcy that was rejected by the 3rd Circuit.
A bankruptcy judge in New Jersey on Wednesday granted a stay halting a trial scheduled to begin April 17 in Alameda County Superior Court by a 24-year-old man against Johnson & Johnson who says he got mesothelioma from Johnson’s baby powder.
The order is the latest twist in Anthony H. Valadez’s lawsuit against the company, which Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael B. Kaplan ordered to stop in his decision granting the company’s motion f...
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