Fraudulent Joinder Argument Rejected; Judge Remands J&J Asbestos-Talc Case

(September 19, 2023, 12:42 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A woman’s evidence at least suggests the possibility that a company manufactured talcum powder for Johnson & Johnson before 1980 and learned that there was asbestos in the talc through a trade group and that the woman potentially used the product while the company manufactured it, a federal judge in New York said in finding the company not fraudulently joined and remanding the case....