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Internal company documents, depositions, and other court records reviewed by Reuters provide the most detailed account to date of how Johnson & Johnson strategized to limit compensation to tens of thousands of talc plaintiffs
If J&J succeeds, some experts argue, it could provide a blueprint for corporate America on how to circumvent jury trials involving allegations of defective products or misconduct.
By Mike Spector and Dan Levine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and other talc products caused deadly cancers. The healthcare and consumer-goods .