9/11 Victim Fund Director Feinberg Is Named Mediator for J&J Fight
- J&J monitoring talks to resolve a suppliers baby powder suits
- Groups asked judge to appoint Ken Feinberg as mediator
Kenneth Feinberg
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The lawyer who oversaw payments to victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has agreed to mediate part of the fight between Johnson & Johnson’s former talc supplier and thousands of women who claim the company’s baby powder causes ovarian cancer.
Kenneth R. Feinberg would share duties with another mediator as part of an effort to resolve nearly 14,000 lawsuits against Imerys Talc America. Imerys filed bankruptcy in Delaware in 2019 with plans to force J&J to help pay for a victim’s trust that would settle all current and future lawsuits. J&J claims it isn’t responsible for helping Imerys.