NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - An offshoot of Johnson & Johnson is paying nearly $6.5 billion to settle almost all lawsuits alleging its talcum powder contained asbestos and caused certain cancers - two months before the company could question the findings of highly paid experts who drove tens of thousands of lawsuits.
The recent rain has mostly washed away any traces of last week's snow, but there are still remnants of the salt city crews put down to make the snow melt faster.
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It’s labeled a “clarification,” but an amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure going into effect today is intended to end the widespread practice of judges allowing paid experts to peddle unscientific theories in their courts.
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.