According to NJBiz, in an Oct. 3 ruling, a federal appeals court overturned a $223 million jury award and ordered a new trial because the awarding jurors were allowed to hear "improper scientific testimony" linking J&J s talc-based products to cancer.
For a second time this year, the courts have ruled against Johnson & Johnson s (J&J s) appeal to file for bankruptcy under the subsidiary LTL Management to settle talc-related suits.
The ruling could sway individuals in the tens of thousands of other cases to also pursue claims in front of a jury, pressuring the judge overseeing the settlement case.
None Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $18 million to a man who said he got cancer from baby powder. • None The man, 24, probably won't see the money…
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