J&J, Imerys Beat $117M Talc Verdicts Over Flawed Testimony
ADVERTISEMENT J&J, Imerys Beat $117M Talc Verdicts Over Flawed Testimony Law360 (April 28, 2021, 5:17 PM EDT) -- 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. Slightly more than three years after jurors sided with Stephen Lanzo III and his wife, a three-judge appellate panel nixed the verdicts and ordered new trials after concluding that Super...