{"id":2054562,"date":"2023-10-03T22:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T02:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-tosses-223-8m-ruling-against-johnson-johnson-in-talc-cancer-case\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T22:07:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T02:07:57","slug":"court-tosses-223-8m-ruling-against-johnson-johnson-in-talc-cancer-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-tosses-223-8m-ruling-against-johnson-johnson-in-talc-cancer-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Court overturns $223.8M verdict against Johnson &#038; Johnson in talc cancer lawsuit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcourt-tosses-223-8m-ruling-against-johnson-johnson-in-talc-cancer-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2054562&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bottles of Johnson &#038; Johnson baby powder line \u2062a drugstore shelf\u200c in New York October 15, 2015. REUTERS\/Lucas Jackson\/File Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>5:56 PM \u2013 Tuesday, \u200cOctober \u20633, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>A state appeals\u200c court in New\u2064 Jersey has overturned a $223.8 million ruling \u200dagainst Johnson \u2062&#038; Johnson for its talc\u2062 powder \u200cproducts. The court stated that the lower court judge\u2063 made a mistake by allowing certain scientific testimony\u2063 to be\u200b presented to the \u200djurors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>A verdict against Johnson &#038; Johnson has been thrown out by a New Jersey appeals court. The jury had\u2063 awarded\u200d $223.8 million in compensation to four plaintiffs who claimed \u200bto have developed cancer from using the company&#8217;s talc \u200dpowder products, which allegedly \u200dcontained asbestos.<\/p>\n<p>Upon review, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate \u2063Division, \u2062found that the lower court judge had allowed the jury to\u200b consider scientific \u200bexpert testimony that should not have been permitted.<\/p>\n<p>A three-judge panel on the appeals court\u200b reversed the decision and\u2063 ordered a new trial, stating that the\u200d trial court failed to properly assess the reliability\u200d of the plaintiffs&#8217; expert testimony.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>J&#038;J Worldwide Vice President \u2062of Litigation, Erik Haas, also issued a statement saying that the decision \u201cresoundingly \u200crejects \u2026 the \u2018junk science\u2019 advanced by purported \u2018experts\u2019 paid by the mass tort asbestos bar.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis marks the third time in three \u200dyears that an \u200bappellate court has overturned outsized \u2063verdicts that asbestos lawyers secured by\u2063 confusing and misleading juries with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-tosses-223-8m-ruling-against-johnson-johnson-in-talc-cancer-case\/\" title=\"Court overturns 3.8M verdict against Johnson &#038; Johnson in talc cancer lawsuit.\">unscientific opinions touting baseless liability theories<\/a>,\u201d Haas continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This ruling comes as Johnson &#038; Johnson faces upcoming \u2062jury trials next year, where they are\u200b accused of knowing since \u200cthe 1970s that their talc products\u2064 contained asbestos but failed to inform consumers and \u2064regulators.<\/p>\n<p>The company denies these allegations, asserting that their talc\u200b products are safe and asbestos-free.<\/p>\n<p>Since the announcement of \u2064the ruling, J&#038;J&#8217;s stock has dropped by 0.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Subscribe here to receive breaking news directly to your inbox for free: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Representative Henry \u200bCuellar speaks out after he was carjacked at gunpoint near\u2064 his residence just a mile\u200c away from the Capitol.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Analysts \u200cpredict Generation \u2064Z will have a massive impact on \u200bthe 2024 Presidential Election. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The House of Representatives \u2062ousts Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker while Judge Engoron hits Trump \u2062with a gag order <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Biden White \u200bHouse is putting a stop to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-100-dolphins-thousands-of-fish-found-dead-in-brazilian-amazon\/\" title=\"Over 100 dolphins, countless fish discovered dead in Brazilian Amazon.\">senior administration officials traveling internationally<\/a> for energy engagements that promote \u2062carbon-intensive fuels.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Meta is \u2064planning to lay off employees on Wednesday in\u200b the unit of its metaverse-oriented Reality Labs division focused on creating custom silicon<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s fraud trial got under\u2062 way with jury \u200dselection on Tuesday, nearly a year after\u200b his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange\u2019s\u00a0collapse.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The global cryptocurrency market remains\u2062 badly \u2064scarred following the tumultuous collapse\u200d of crypto exchange FTX and other big players last year<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A \u200dCalifornia federal judge \u200bhas\u200c ruled people who own Tesla \u200bcars must pursue autopilot claims in individual arbitration rather than court.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2>What is the Johnson\u2062 and Johnson lawsuit \u200cfor ovarian cancer?<\/h2>\n<p><span>The \u200ctalc lawsuits have a mixed record at\u2062 trial, with\u200b J&#038;J winning several verdicts but losing some others, including\u200d a $2.1 billion judgment awarded to 22 women who \u2063blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in the company&#8217;s talc products. S. The company is currently\u200c facing thousands of \u200blawsuits from individuals who \u200dclaim that the use of Johnson &#038; Johnson talc products \u200dled to their development of cancer, specifically ovarian cancer and\u200d mesothelioma.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 decision by the New Jersey appeals court to\u200d overturn the $223.8 million ruling is a significant blow to the plaintiffs and a victory for\u200d Johnson &#038; Johnson. The court determined that \u2062the \u2064lower court judge made an error in\u200c allowing certain scientific testimony \u2064to be presented to \u200dthe\u200b jurors.\u200d This means that the scientific evidence used to support the plaintiffs&#8217; claims was deemed unreliable \u2063and should\u2063 not have been considered\u200c by the jury\u200b in their decision-making process.<\/p>\n<p>In its statement, Johnson \u2062&#038; Johnson hailed the decision as a rejection of what they called &#8220;junk science&#8221; presented by &#8220;experts&#8221;\u200c paid by the asbestos bar. The company claimed \u200dthat the\u2063 verdicts secured by asbestos lawyers in recent years were based on confusion\u2064 and misleading\u2063 information, with unscientific opinions promoting\u200c baseless liability theories.<\/p>\n<p>This ruling is not the first time that appellate courts\u200d have overturned large verdicts against Johnson &#038; Johnson. It reflects a growing trend in\u200c courts questioning the reliability \u2062of scientific evidence presented in talc-related cases. However, \u2064it does not mean that the company\u200b is \u2064entirely off the hook. There \u2063are still thousands of lawsuits \u200bpending against \u2063Johnson &#038;\u200c Johnson, and upcoming jury trials will be closely watched to see how they impact the overall \u2062legal landscape surrounding talc and asbestos-related claims.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding Johnson &#038; Johnson&#8217;s talc products has been \u2063ongoing for several years. The \u200caccusation that the\u2063 company knew about the \u200dpresence of asbestos in their talc products since the 1970s but failed to inform consumers has sparked outrage among consumers and ignited a wave of litigation. While Johnson &#038; Johnson has \u200dconsistently denied these allegations and maintained the \u200dsafety of\u2063 their\u200d talc products, the numerous lawsuits and the recent decision by\u200b the New \u200dJersey appeals court highlight the challenges the\u200b company faces\u2064 in defending its \u200bposition.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that the\u2064 overturning of the verdict does not absolve Johnson &#038;\u200b Johnson of\u2063 any wrongdoing. It simply indicates that there were errors in the legal proceedings of the previous trial, specifically regarding\u200c the admissibility of certain scientific testimony. The new trial ordered \u2062by the appeals \u2064court will\u2063 provide an opportunity for both sides\u200d to present their arguments and evidence \u200cagain, and a different\u200d outcome is \u2064still possible.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2064 Johnson &#038; Johnson continues to navigate \u2063the legal\u2063 battles surrounding its talc\u200c products, the outcome of these cases\u2062 will \u200dhave significant implications for both the\u200d company and\u200b consumers. The controversies surrounding talc and\u200d asbestos-related claims highlight the importance of rigorous scientific research, transparent communication,\u2062 and robust regulatory oversight in ensuring the safety \u200dof consumer products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey appeals court overturns $223.8 million verdict against Johnson &amp; Johnson for talc powder products. 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