Cancer Victims Appeal Decision to Allow J&J Talc Bankruptcy Case

A committee representing people who say they got cancer from Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder asked a federal court to overturn a recent ruling that lets a unit of the consumer products giant use bankruptcy to resolve lawsuits related to the talc-based product.

• The committee filed a notice of its appeal in the bankruptcy case of J&J’s talc-liability unit, LTL Management; the filing is the start of a court process that will likely take months to finish
• Last month, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan, in Trenton, New Jersey refused to throw out LTL’s bankruptcy case, ruling that more ...