Johnson & Johnson’s Bid For Speedy Transfer Of State Cases Rejected

Mealey's (May 13, 2019, 12:12 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware federal judge on May 9 denied Johnson & Johnson’s “emergency” request to transfer 2,400 state court talc and asbestos actions to his court due to the bankruptcy filing of talc supplier Imerys Talc America Inc., agreeing with tort plaintiffs that Johnson & Johnson created its own emergency by suddenly removing hundreds of suits before the transfer dispute was decided (In re:  Imerys Talc America, Inc., et al., No. 1:19-mc-00103, D. Del., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78145)....