'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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Bankruptcy

By Amanda Bronstad
staff reporter

The original version of this story was published on Law.com

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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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