J&J May Have Just Received Lifeline Out Of St. Louis Talc Tort Morass

A judge in the Missouri state court where J&J has suffered a series of hefty losses declared a mistrial June 19 in the latest talc-cancer case to be heard by jurors. The decision came two days after a US Supreme Court decision that also could trigger reversals of costly J&J verdicts currently under appeal.

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A June 19 ruling from the US Supreme Court on personal jurisdiction issues could be a ray of light for J&J in St. Louis Circuit Court, in what has otherwise seemed a bleak and inescapable legal quagmire for the marketer of Johnson's Baby Powder.

To date, juries in the Missouri state court have awarded around $300m to plaintiffs who claim that use of the...

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