J&J Persuades Court to Throw Out $110 Million Talc Verdict
- Missouri appellate judges say non-state resident can’t sue
- J&J officials back strategy to fight talc verdicts via appeals
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Johnson & Johnson persuaded a Missouri appeals court to throw out a $110 million jury award to a woman who said she got cancer from the company’s baby powder. It was the fourth appellate win in the state for J&J, which faces thousands of U.S. damage claims related to the product.
Lois Slemp should not have been allowed to bring her ovarian-cancer lawsuit to trial in St. Louis because she is a resident of Virginia, the intermediate appellate court concluded Tuesday. The court cited the same reasons for throwing out two other baby powder cases, which allege talc in the product was tainted with asbestos.