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Civil Litigation

Oct. 24, 2017

Science will be key to talc appeal chances

Between the jury’s staggering $417 million Johnson & Johnson verdict and the judge’s complete rejection of it, only one thing has been certain in the talc litigation: Expect the unexpected.

Science will be key to talc appeal chances
NELSON

Between the jury's staggering $417 million Johnson & Johnson verdict and the judge's complete rejection of it in a bellwether trial, only one thing has been certain in the talc litigation: Expect the unexpected.

Just two months ago, the pharmaceutical giant was staring down the barrel of a fifth trial loss related to its baby powder product after a California jury found in favor of cancer-stricken plaintiff Eva Echeverria, who ...

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