Judge Won’t Reconsider Allowing Product Liability Claims Against Talc Processor

(August 12, 2024, 4:49 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A federal judge denied reconsideration of a ruling denying an omnibus motion to dismiss in eight asbestos-talc cases, saying in the unpublished opinion that motions to dismiss are limited to the pleadings unlike the precedent cited by defendant PTI Union LLC and that the court acted within its powers to deny a motion for judicial notice....