Cancer victims file class action against Johnson & Johnson over ‘fraudulent' bankruptcies
JNJJ&J(JNJ) nypost.com·2024-05-24 12:17

NEW YORK — A group of cancer victims sued Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N on Wednesday, accusing the healthcare company of committing fraud through repeated and continued efforts to use a shell company’s bankruptcy to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its talc products contained asbestos and caused cancer.Five plaintiffs who seek to represent over 50,000 people who have sued J&J over its talc products filed the proposed class action in New Jersey federal court. 3 J&J has said that its baby powder an ...