Moments ago, the New Jersey jury that last week hit Johnson & Johsnon and Imerys with $37 million in compensatory damages concluded that the companies should pay $80 million in punitive damages to a plaintiff who claimed that his mesothelioma was caused by...
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Jury Hits Companies with $37 Million Verdict Over Talcum Powder
Just one day after beginning deliberations, a New Jersey jury found Johnson & Johnson and Imerys responsible for a plaintiff’s mesothelioma, which plaintiff alleged resulted from his use of asbestos-contaminated talcum powder products. The jury’s verdict awarded...
New Jersey Asbestos-Contaminated Talc Trial Goes To Jury
Nearly two months ago, CMBG3 Law reported on a trial against Johnson & Johnson in New Jersey involving allegations that the company’s talcum powder product was contaminated with asbestos fibers and caused plaintiff Stephan Lanzo II’s mesothelioma. The plaintiff...
Third Circuit To Decide Fate of Class Action Ovarian Talc Case
In July of 2017, CMBG3 Law reported on Johnson & Johnson’s success in having the New Jersey federal court block a class action filing based on claims that the company failed to disclose the alleged ovarian cancer risks of its talcum powder product. Now, after an...
Florida Asbestos-Contaminated Talc Trial Begins
Earlier this week, the first Florida asbestos-contaminated talc case began trial in Palm Beach County. Plaintiff Robert Lord alleges that he developed mesothelioma from his employment and his stepfather's employment with a local floor tile showroom. It is alleged that...
New Jersey Asbestos-Contaminated Talc Trial Begins
Johnson & Johnson began trial in their “home” court in New Jersey Superior Court, Middlesex County, last Monday in the latest case to go to trial in the ongoing talcum powder litigation (Lanzo v. Cyprus Amex Minerals Co, et al., Docket No. L00738516 in Middlesex...
Asbestos-Contaminated Talc In Childrens’ Cosmetics Prompts Legislation
Yesterday, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI) introduced the Children’s Product Warning Label Act of 2018, which would require all cosmetics marketed to children to contain a warning label that the product has not been evaluated for asbestos contamination unless...
Missouri Court Re-Opens Flood Gates To Talc Litigation
As CMBG3 Law recently reported, a Missouri jury in May 2017 returned a $110 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a talcum powder ovarian cancer case. The plaintiff, Louis Slemp, argued that her daily use of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder products and...
Defense Verdict In California’s First Asbestos-Contaminated Talc Trial
On Thursday, a California jury returned a verdict in favor of Johnson & Johnson and talc supplier Imerys, finding that the companies' products were not unsafe, did not cause the plaintiff's mesothelioma, and that the companies did not fail to warn regarding...
Talcum Powder Litigation Updates From Missouri and California
Missouri Updates As CMBG3 Law reported in October, the Missouri Court of Appeals (Eastern District) surprised many litigators when it overturned a $72 million verdict that was awarded to plaintiff Jacqueline Fox in a Johnson & Johnson talcum powder ovarian cancer...