KLEINER et al v. RITE AID CORPORATION et al

  1. August 16, 2021

    J&J's Talc Indifference Led To Woman's Cancer, Jury Hears

    Johnson & Johnson should pay a terminal mesothelioma patient "tens of millions" after ignoring decades of red flags about asbestos in its talc baby powder, a lawyer for the California woman told a jury in closing arguments Monday.

  2. August 06, 2021

    J&J Talc Case Sent Back To Philly After 11th-Hour Removal

    A Pennsylvania federal judge agreed on Friday that Johnson & Johnson had improperly tried to boot claims over allegedly carcinogenic talcum powder out of state court on the day jury selection in the case, which was set to be Philadelphia County's first talc trial, was set to begin. 

  3. August 03, 2021

    Rite Aid's 11th-Hour Axing From Pa. Talc Case Troubles Judge

    A Pennsylvania federal judge expressed concern Tuesday over whether a move to drop Rite Aid as a defendant on the night before jury selection in what was set to be Philadelphia County's first-ever talc trial demonstrated a bad faith effort to keep the case out of federal court.

  4. July 30, 2021

    Cancer Patient Slams J&J's 11th-Hour Bid To Upend Talc Trial

    A day after Johnson & Johnson removed her claims to federal court on the eve of a scheduled trial, a woman seeking to hold the company liable over its allegedly carcinogenic talcum powder filed an emergency motion on Friday asking to have the case sent back to Philadelphia County.