Motion for Temporary Restraining Order Filed in Lawsuit Against Johnson & Johnson
Bailey & Glasser, LLP and a group of leading law firms filed a motion to show cause why a preliminary injunction ought not issue to stop Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries from pursuing a new bankruptcy filing in any district other than in New Jersey, where tens of thousands of civil lawsuits are already consolidated in multidistrict litigation.
The company recently announced the pursuit of a prepackaged bankruptcy plan to resolve talc claims in an unspecified federal court in Texas. Two previous bankruptcy filings by the company have been denied by the courts in New Jersey, where J&J is headquartered. In today’s filing, we seek a temporary restraining order on the basis that J&J is attempting to evade jurisdiction and continue to manipulate the bankruptcy process to disadvantage tens of thousands of women who developed cancer from continued use of Johnson’s products. We also seek to prevent any amendments to agreements between J&J and its subsidiaries to fund the plan without notifying the plaintiffs.
The Bailey Glasser team in this case includes founding partner Brian A. Glasser; David L. Selby II, the firm’s Mass Tort Practice Group Leader, partner D. Todd Mathews, Of Counsel Thomas B. Bennett, partner Thanos Basdekis, partner and Consumer Protection Practice Group Leader Patricia Kipnis, and Of Counsel Michael Shenkman. Other firms representing the plaintiffs in this lawsuit are Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC, Levin Papantonio Rafferty Proctor Buchanan O’Brien Barr Mougey PA; Golomb Legal; Ashcraft & Gerel LLP; and Burns Charest LLP.
On behalf of our clients, we have requested that the injunction hearing be heard at the earliest possible time.
This lawsuit argues that Johnson & Johnson’s actions, including the proposed third bankruptcy filing, are designed to delay justice and reduce the funds available to compensate victims, a pattern that Johnson & Johnson has pursued for years, including using the now-infamous “Texas Two-Step” legal maneuver that federal courts have largely rejected once it became clear that the companies seeking bankruptcy protections were fully solvent.
The case is Rebecca Love, et al. v LLT Management LLC et al., No. 3:24-cv-06320, in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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