California Personal Injury Lawyers Blog
J&J Hit with Nearly $1B Talc Verdict: What It Means for California Consumers and Wrongful Death Claims
A Los Angeles jury has sent a powerful message to product manufacturers: concealment and unsafe products won’t be tolerated. In a landmark verdict, jurors awarded approximately $966 million to the family of an 88-year-old woman, Mae Moore, who died from mesothelioma allegedly caused by asbestos-contaminated talc in Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder. The award includes $950 million in punitive damages after the jury found J&J acted with malice or oppression.1