A New Jersey judge ruled that new corporate entities created in a restructuring of Johnson & Johnson can’t escape liability for suits stemming from the effects of asbestos on users of the company’s talc products.
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The Sept. 27 decision by Judge John C. Porto of Atlantic County Superior Court is bad news for Johnson & Johnson, which moved its consumer health products in to a separate division, Kenvue Inc., earlier this year.