Bankruptcy Of Talc Supplier Not Grounds For Removal, Judge Rules

Mealey's (June 27, 2019, 12:48 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A federal judge in Massachusetts on June 19 remanded a woman’s lawsuit claiming that a deceased man’s exposure to asbestos-containing talc products sold by Johnson & Johnson caused him to develop mesothelioma and die, finding that the bankruptcy filing of the company that supplied talc to Johnson & Johnson does not trigger federal jurisdiction (Louisemarie Honor v. Johnson & Johnson, No. 19-10760-RWZ, D. Mass., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103057)....