J&J May Have Just Received Lifeline Out Of St. Louis Talc Tort Morass
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
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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