PERRONE v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON et al

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Case Number:

3:19-cv-00923

Court:

New Jersey

Nature of Suit:

Labor: E.R.I.S.A.

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Freda L. Wolfson

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Companies

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  1. March 01, 2021

    J&J Brushes Off ERISA Suit Over Asbestos In Baby Powder

    Johnson & Johnson has defeated accusations of jeopardizing its workers' retirement security by hiding the presence of asbestos in its baby powder, with a New Jersey federal judge axing a proposed ERISA class action claiming the company's actions cost its employee stock ownership plan millions of dollars.

  2. October 14, 2020

    J&J Keeps Pushing For Destruction Of Asbestos ERISA Suit

    Johnson & Johnson has urged a New Jersey federal judge to ax allegations the company violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and endangered workers' retirement savings by hiding the presence of asbestos in its baby powder for decades, saying three ex-workers haven't proved the alleged cover-up worsened the stock drop that occurred when the information came out.

  3. September 15, 2020

    J&J Workers Fight To Keep Asbestos ERISA Suit Alive

    A group of former Johnson & Johnson employees urged a New Jersey federal judge to preserve their proposed ERISA class action, claiming they supported their allegation that the company's failure to admit there was asbestos in its baby powder led to a stock drop that affected their retirement savings.

  4. July 31, 2020

    J&J Fights ERISA Suit Over Asbestos In Talcum Powder

    Johnson & Johnson has urged a New Jersey federal judge to toss a fresh version of a proposed class action accusing it of violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by steering workers' retirement savings into its own stock despite knowing the company's talcum powder products contained asbestos.

  5. April 30, 2020

    J&J Beats ERISA Suit Over Asbestos In Baby Powder

    A New Jersey federal judge threw out a proposed class action alleging Johnson & Johnson violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by steering workers' retirement savings into J&J stock despite knowing the company's talcum powder products contained asbestos. 

  6. January 30, 2020

    J&J Says Workers Misinterpreted High Court's IBM Ruling

    Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that workers pursuing a benefits suit claiming they sunk retirement savings into overvalued J&J stock can't lean on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision involving IBM, arguing the workers were mistaken when they said the justices had chosen not to repudiate a 2014 high court ruling.

  7. January 24, 2020

    J&J Workers Say Justices' IBM Ruling Backs Their ERISA Row

    Johnson & Johnson workers have defended their suit accusing the company of wrongly allowing its employees to invest their retirement savings in overvalued company stock by pointing to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in a similar case against IBM.

  8. October 21, 2019

    Workers Say J&J Could Have 'Told Truth' On Talcum Powder

    Johnson & Johnson workers have urged a New Jersey federal judge not to toss their suit claiming the company stock into which they sunk their retirement savings was overvalued because J&J covered up the presence of asbestos in its talcum powder, saying the company could "simply have told the truth."

  9. September 04, 2019

    J&J Asks Court To Toss 401(k) Savers' Suit Over Stock-Drop

    Johnson & Johnson has urged a New Jersey federal judge to throw out a proposed class action accusing it of wrongly allowing its employees to invest their retirement savings in overvalued company stock, arguing that workers' claims don't pass muster under U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

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