Trusted N.J. brand abusing bankruptcy system to resolve cancer claims, attorneys say

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The company is trying to use bankruptcy court to resolve thousands of lawsuits.

But Johnson & Johnson is abusing the federal bankruptcy system, attempting to use Chapter 11 protection to resolve tens of thousands of claims that its talc product caused cancer — and at a steep discount, according to lawyers representing dozens of mesothelioma patients. A series of hearings late last month in U.S. bankruptcy court in Trenton served as the latest battleground as the New Brunswick-based pharmaceutical giant pursues the protection.

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