TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Apr 28, 2020

U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson in New Jersey on Monday ruled that lawsuits over talc products made by Johnson & Johnson can proceed, Law.com reports. There are more than 16,000 lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson nationwide, all alleging that the company’s talc products contain asbestos and can cause ovarian cancer. Johnson & Johnson sought to stop the plaintiffs’ experts from testifying, but Wolfson ruled that five of those experts could appear before juries. Wolfson’s decision comes after she held a weeklong hearing to review the admissibility of eight experts, five for the plaintiffs and three for the defense, all of which were approved, setting the stage for a battle of the experts.