State ex rel. Johnson & Johnson and Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc., Relators v. The Honorable Rex M. Burlison, and State ex rel. Imerys Talc America, Inc., Relator v. The Honorable Rex M. Burlison

Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (collectively, "J&J"), and Imerys Talc America, Inc. ("Imerys" or, collectively, "Relators") seek writs of prohibition to prevent the circuit court from taking any further action other than to sever Michael Blaes' claims from the separate claims made by multiple plaintiffs in the underlying case pending in St. Louis City and to transfer Blaes' claims to St. Louis County, where Blaes' wife was first injured. This Court holds the circuit court abused its discretion in overruling Relators' motions to sever Blaes' claims and transfer them to St.…