J&J Affiliate, Study Author Duel Over Fraud Case Dismissal In Supplemental Briefs

( December 8, 2025, 8:20 AM EST) -- TRENTON, N.J. — The author of a scientific study filed a supplemental brief in New Jersey federal court in further opposition to claims by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) spinoff Pecos River Talc LLC that she fabricated her finding that asbestos disease sufferers in her study were exposed to asbestos from only talcum powder use, saying the company’s supplemental filing “provides no basis to reopen this court’s judgment” dismissing Pecos River’s fraud and trade libel suit....