Talc Companies Sue Debtors, Johnson & Johnson Over Indemnity Rights

(June 25, 2020, 8:58 AM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — Two mining companies that supplied talc to Johnson & Johnson (J&J) filed an adversary action in Delaware federal bankruptcy court on June 15 against J&J and another former talc supplier, Chapter 11 debtor Imerys Talc America Inc., seeking a declaration that they have valid indemnity rights against J&J for asbestos claims and that those rights have not been transferred to the debtor (In re:  Imerys Talc America, Inc., et al., No. 19-10289, D. Del. Bkcy.)....