J&J Unit Says Cancer Victims Who Won’t Settle Seek to Block Deal

A Johnson & Johnson unit said cancer victims who refuse to settle with the company are attempting to intimidate other claimants from signing onto an $8.9 billion deal to end lawsuits over allegedly tainted baby powder.

The health-care giant is trying for the second time to use the bankruptcy of its LTL Management to round up support for a plan that would settle more than 40,000 lawsuits that allege baby powder contained talc that was tinged with asbestos, a toxic substance.

LTL has the backing of 60,000 victims, or about two thirds of all claimants, lawyer Gregory M. Gordon said ...