Minnesota Jury Delivers $65.5 Million History-Making Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A Minnesota jury awarded $65.5 million to a 37-year-old mother of three minor children after finding in her favor in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, concluding that the company’s talc products exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her developing mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs. The verdict follows a 13-day trial in Ramsey County District Court, where jurors heard evidence that Johnson & Johnson sold and marketed talc-based co