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FILE – The Johnson & Johnson headquarters is in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File) (Ted Shaffrey, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A U.S. bankruptcy court judge has denied Johnson & Johnson’s settlement plan related to baby powder containing talc, providing another setback in the company’s efforts to resolve the matter.

This is the third bankruptcy case for a J&J company as it relates to the baby powder issue.

Red River Talc LLC, a J&J subsidiary, was seeking confirmation of a proposed prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan that would have been one of the biggest mass tort settlements in history, if approved. Red River and J&J proposed to pay $9 billion to settle ovarian cancer and other gynecological cancer litigation claims based on talc-related products.

But Judge Christopher Lopez of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, …

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