Judge: Delaware Law Doesn’t Impute Imerys’ Asbestos Bankruptcy Stay To J&J

Mealey's (April 28, 2020, 1:42 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware judge on April 14 rejected Johnson & Johnson Inc.’s “novel argument” that the state’s law transferring litigation involving bankrupt parties to a dormant docket prevented asbestos litigation against nonbankrupt defendants (Trudy Kurten v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., No. N17C-05-314 TAL, Laura Jacobs, et al. v. Johnson & Johnson Inc., No. N17C-05-337 TAL, Patricia Poole v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., No. N17C-05-357 TAL, Doris T. Powell v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., No. N17C-05-390 TAL, Cynthia Starr, et al. v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., No. N17C-05-295 TAL, Del. Super., New Castle Co., 2020 Del. Super. LEXIS 174)....

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