In a big win for plaintiffs suing over Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder, an appeals court dismissed a Chapter 11 talc case that had halted trials across the country.
On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit found that the subsidiary, LTL Management, which had a $61 billion funding agreement with Johnson & Johnson, was not in financial distress when it filed for bankruptcy in 2021. The ruling reverses a Feb. 25 decision by U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Michael Kaplan of the District of New Jersey.
Federal Judge Thomas Ambro of the Third Circuit.
