Johnson & Johnson Moves to Dismiss Calif. Talc-Based Powder Suit for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

LOS ANGELES –– Johnson & Johnson has filed a motion to quash service of summons and complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction in a talc-based powder exposure suit, maintaining that the plaintiff has failed to establish that the decedent was a resident of California, ever purchased or used the allegedly harmful products in the state, or developed or was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in California.

In the May 25 motion to quash service filed in the California Superior Court for Los Angeles County, the defendant instead says that the allegations in the lawsuit suggest that the injuries and claims …