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A bottle of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder is seen in a photo illustration taken in New York, Feb. 24, 2016.
(Reuters)
Johnson & Johnson has won its appeal of a record $417 million verdict in a lawsuit brought by a California woman who claimed she got ovarian cancer from using the company’s talcum powder.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maren Nelson cited errors and jury misconduct when she overturned the fourth-largest jury award of the year, according to Bloomberg News and The Associated Press.
The ruling comes after a Missouri appeals court on Tuesday voided a $72 million talc cancer verdict, adding momentum to Johnson & Johnson’s defense against thousands of similar lawsuits, Bloomberg reported.
Nelson also…
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