Johnson & Johnson Loses Attempt To Corral Meso Case Into Imerys’ Bankruptcy

Mealey's (May 6, 2019, 12:45 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — It is more equitable to allow a woman dying of mesothelioma to have her day in court than to permit defendant Johnson & Johnson to transfer the case to the home court of a bankrupt talc supplier with thousands of other cases “for an efficient adjudication,” a California federal judge held May 3 in remanding the lawsuit to state court (Carolyn Weirick, et al. v. Brenntag North America, Inc., et al., No. 2:19-cv-03036, C.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75252)....