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Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America on Wednesday wiped away verdicts totaling $117 million in damages over claims J&J's talcum powder products contained asbestos and caused a man's mesothelioma, after a New Jersey appeals court found that his experts' improper testimony warranted new trials.
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...
J&J Gets Banker’s $117 Million Talc Verdict Tossed on Appeal By Jef Feeley | April 29, 2021 Johnson & Johnson persuaded an appeals court to throw out a $117 million award to a banker who alleged the company’s iconic baby powder caused his cancer. Since the New Jersey judge in Stephen Lanzo III’s case erred in allowing some of his experts to testify, J&J and a unit of Imerys SA deserve a new trial, the appellate court ruled Wednesday. Jurors in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where J&J is headquartered, concluded in 2018 that asbestos in the company’s tal...
An appeals court overturned a $117 million talc verdict against J&J. (Getty Images) Johnson & Johnson has been hit with billions in talc verdicts, but it's had mixed success in appeals. With a new decision Wednesday, the company chalked up its latest appeals win. A court in J&J's home state of New Jersey struck down a $117 million verdict against the drugmaker originally handed down there in 2018, Bloomberg reports. The court ruled that the trial judge shouldn’t have allowed certain expert testimony, so J&J and its talc partner Imerys—which has since declared bankruptcy—des...
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...