J&J Talc Unit Faces Call to Weed Out Invalid Cancer Claims

A committee of cancer patients asked a judge to impose a process that would weed out potentially invalid claims against Johnson & Johnson‘s bankrupt talc liability unit.

The committee accused J&J and its subsidiary LTL Management LLC of attempting to manufacture support for a proposed $8.9 billion settlement that would resolve tens of thousands of asbestos exposure claims as part of the bankruptcy. The case should not proceed without heightened scrutiny of the claims, the committee told the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey in a filing Wednesday.

The committee, which is fighting to have LTL ...