this is different, the actual underlying asset is at stake for liabilities it causes. This is the whole point of corporations.

The analogy would be if a landlord created a shell company, and then only gave that company it's legal liabilities without any assets. That's what J&J did here and why this case is so obviously egregious.

If you could do that, it would be a get out of jail free card for all legal liability in all cases. It's essentially renouncing rule of law