'I'm Staying Everything': Texas Bankruptcy Judge Halts Talc Trials Against J&J
At a Monday hearing, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Texas ordered an automatic stay on J&J talc litigation after dual motions were filed to move the Chapter 11 case to New Jersey.
September 24, 2024 at 09:36 AM
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- A coalition of talc claimants filed a motion to change venue to New Jersey, where the U.S. Trustee in the prior bankruptcy filed a similar request before Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan in New Jersey.
- The stay order temporarily moots an injunction motion to apply the bankruptcy's automatic stay to talc litigation against Johnson & Johnson.
- A coalition lawyer said he would be filing motions this week for discovery relating to the vote, which he said was 'teetering on a foundation of fraud.'
A federal judge in Texas immediately stayed Johnson & Johnson's latest talc bankruptcy after dual motions were filed to transfer the Chapter 11 case to New Jersey.
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