A federal judge has remanded a case in which a California woman is scheduled to go to trial on Sept. 26 alleging Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused her to get ovarian cancer.
Wednesday’s order by U.S. District Judge Jean Hamilton in the Eastern District of Missouri rejected claims by Johnson & Johnson that the case, brought by 45 women or their family members, was a “sham” designed to avoid federal jurisdiction since 36 of the plaintiffs weren’t from Missouri or from California and New Jersey, where the defendants are based.
