Johnson & Johnson offices in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Credit: Askar/Adobe Stock US Trustee Wants Texas Talc Bankruptcy in NJ: 'J&J's Tactics Are an Assault'
Jayson Ruff, a trial attorney for U.S. Trustee Kevin Epstein in Houston, filed the venue motion on Thursday, two days after a New Jersey bankruptcy court refused to take up a similar motion in J&J's second Chapter 11 case.
September 27, 2024 at 06:21 PM
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- The motion cites a 2021 order in which U.S. Bankruptcy Judge J. Craig Whitley transferred the first talc bankruptcy from North Carolina to New Jersey.
- On Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez, in the Southern District of Texas, imposed an automatic stay on nearly 60,000 lawsuits alleging J&J's talcum powder products causes ovarian cancer until after the venue matter gets decided.
- J&J, in a statement, noted that the debtor who filed the Chapter 11 case, Red River Talc, is based in Texas.
The U.S. Trustee in Johnson & Johnson's third talc bankruptcy has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to transfer the Chapter 11 case to New Jersey.
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