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.

Judge John Porto. Courtesy photo

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.

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