J&J Fights to Save Legal Tactic That Would End Cancer Suits (1)

Johnson & Johnsonwrapped up a trial today to determine if the health care giant is misusing the bankruptcy system for the second time in less than two years in a bid to force an end to about 40,000 cancer lawsuits.

A bankrupt unit of J&J has been in federal court this week fighting a group of cancer victims who want juries around the country to decide whether their diseases were caused by tainted talc in baby powder the company sold for years. J&J is using the unit’s Chapter 11 case to try to force holdouts to accept an $8.9 ...