Law360 (June 6, 2018, 9:30 PM EDT) — Twenty-two women who say they got cancer from longtime use of Johnson & Johnson talcum powder went to trial against the company Wednesday morning in St. Louis, saying J&J willfully ignored evidence that the powder, a daily ritual for millions, was riddled with asbestos. Wednesday’s openings in […]
Law360 (May 23, 2018, 10:01 PM EDT) — Attorneys sparred Wednesday in New Jersey state court over a defense bid to toss verdicts totaling $117 million in damages against Johnson & Johnson and its talc supplier, Imerys Talc America Inc., on the grounds that a man’s decades-long exposure to the pharmaceutical giant’s asbestos-containing talcum powder […]
Law360 (May 24, 2018, 12:03 AM EDT) — A California jury on Wednesday hit Johnson & Johnson with $21.7 million in compensatory damages in a trial over its talc baby powder’s alleged connection with asbestos cancer, the plaintiff’s attorneys told Law360. In a complaint filed in June, Joanne Anderson claimed she developed malignant mesothelioma as […]