Johnson & Johnson’s Bid For Speedy Relief Should Be Denied, Plaintiff Lawyers Say

Mealey's (May 3, 2019, 10:19 AM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — Johnson & Johnson’s “emergency” request to transfer 2,400 state court talc and asbestos actions to federal court in Delaware due to the bankruptcy filing of talc supplier Imerys Talc America Inc. should be rebuffed because Johnson & Johnson created its own emergency by suddenly removing hundreds of suits before the transfer dispute was decided, attorneys representing tort claimants say in May 1 letters to the court (In re:  Imerys Talc America, Inc., et al., No. 1:19-mc-00103, D. Del.)....