Parties in Cosmetic Talc Asbestos Case File Joint Stipulation of Dismissal Without Prejudice

ORLANDO, Fla. –– Parties remaining in a cosmetic talc asbestos case –– including Johnson & Johnson defendants –– filed a joint stipulation of dismissal without prejudice the same day the court found it did not have jurisdiction over another defendant in the proceedings.

In a July 10 order of dismissal, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida ordered the Clerk of Court to close the case, dismissing the case with prejudice.

Susan Stevenson filed the underlying complaint on behalf of Judith I. Minneci in Florida’s 9th Judicial Circuit for Orange County in Feb. 2017. In …