Honor v. Johnson & Johnson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS CIVIL ACTION NO. 19-10760-RWZ LOUISEMARIE HONOR, as Executrix of the Estate of LOUISE CORCORAN v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON ORDER June 19, 2019 ZOBEL, S.D.J. I. Background On December 20, 2018, Louisemarie Honor (“plaintiff”), as executrix of the estate of Louise Corcoran (“plaintiff-decedent”), filed suit against Johnson & Johnson and three other defendants in Middlesex Superior Court.1 Plaintiff alleges that Johnson & Johnson’s asbestos-containing talc products caused plaintiff-decedent’s mesothelioma and eventual death, and asserts claims of…