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NEW BRUNSWICK – An appeals court has reversed a $117 million award on an Essex County couple's claim that the husband developed cancer after his long-term exposure to asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder-based products. A Superior Court jury in Middlesex County awarded Stephen Lanzo III and his wife Kendra Lanzo, of Verona, $80 million in punitive damages and $37 million in compensatory damages from J&J and Imerys Talc America in an April 2018 trial. But a state appellate court on Wednesday overturned the award and ordered new trials in the case. J&J welcomed the court's opini...

View Comments NEW BRUNSWICK – An appeals court has reversed a $117 million award on an Essex County couple's claim that the husband developed cancer after his long-term exposure to asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder-based products. A Superior Court jury in Middlesex County awarded Stephen Lanzo III and his wife Kendra Lanzo, of Verona, $80 million in punitive damages and $37 million in compensatory damages from J&J and Imerys Talc America in an April 2018 trial. But a state appellate court on Wednesday overturned the award and ordered new trials in the case. J&J welcomed the...