Judges overturn J&J talc cancer claims
By 
Rebecca Trager2017-10-26T13:30:00
Two new rulings follow trend of reversing large jury-awarded damages as firm works through thousands of cases
Two US court verdicts that would have cost Johnson & Johnson (J&J) about $500 million (£380 million) in damages, related to illnesses claimed to have been caused by the company’s talcum powder, have been overturned. J&J is facing around 5000 similar suits. In most of those resolved so far, juries have ruled against the company, only for judges to later dismiss or overturn the decisions.