Federal Judge Finds Chance Of Recovery, Remands Asbestos-Talc Case

Mealey's (March 1, 2019, 9:33 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — Plaintiffs’ allegations claiming that a company manufactured asbestos-tainted Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder meet the more lenient state law pleading standard imposed in New York, a federal judge there held Feb. 26 in finding that the company was not fraudulently joined and remanding (Laura Shanahan, et al. v. Kolmar Laboratories Inc., et al., No. 18-8317, S.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30354)....