Within the first authorized battle within the new talc chapter, legal professionals for hundreds of most cancers victims tried to steer a decide on Tuesday to not halt lawsuits in opposition to Johnson & Johnson, a few of which have trial dates.
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Administration, which filed for chapter on April 4, sought to increase the automated keep to incorporate associates, specifically Johnson & Johnson, which faces greater than 38,000 lawsuits alleging its talcum powder merchandise brought on ovarian most cancers or mesothelioma.