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☆ Here's what Jim Cramer thinks about J&J stock after a pivotal talc case verdict
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

But on Tuesday, J & J was ordered to pay $18.8 million after jurors found in favor of 24-year-old Emory Hernandez Valadez who claimed in his lawsuit that he developed mesothelioma, a deadly cancer linked to asbestos, from exposure to J & J talc products. J & J has said that over 60,000 claimants support its latest $8.9 billion settlement to be paid out over 25 years. Johnson & Johnson issued an official statement following the verdict in favor of Valdez, intending to appeal. Even so, J & J got a few of price target increases on Wall Street on Friday. The higher growth pharmaceuticals and medical technology businesses are remaining as the new J & J.

Persons: Johnson, J's, Jim Cramer, Jim, J, Emory Hernandez Valadez, we're, there's, Moshe Maimon, Levy, Maimon, Michael Kaplan, Kaplan, Erik Haas, Thursday's, Haas, Jim Cramer's, Justin Sullivan Organizations: Johnson, LTL Management, J, Credit Suisse, AAA, CNBC, & ' $, & $ Locations: California, American, Levy Konigsberg, Valdez, Stifel, Kenvue, San Anselmo , California

The jury ruled in favor of Emory Hernandez Valadez, who filed suit last year in California state court in Oakland against J&J, seeking monetary damages. The six-week trial was the first over talc that New Brunswick, New Jersey-based J&J has faced in almost two years. Hernandez will not be able to collect the judgment in the foreseeable future, thanks to a bankruptcy court order freezing most litigation over J&J's talc. Jurors heard from Hernandez's mother, Anna Camacho, who said she used large amounts of J&J's baby powder on her son when he was a baby and through childhood. Tens of thousands of plaintiffs have sued, alleging that J&J's baby powder and other talc products sometimes contained asbestos and caused ovarian cancer and mesothelioma.

Persons: Johnson, Emory Hernandez Valadez, Hernandez, Erik Haas, Anna Camacho, Michael Kaplan, LTL, J, Brendan Pierson, Will Dunham, Sandra Maler Organizations: Johnson, J, Reuters, View, LTL Management, LTL's, Thomson Locations: California, Oakland, Brunswick , New Jersey, Trenton , New Jersey, New York

☆ Johnson & Johnson must pay $18.8 million to California cancer patient in baby powder suit
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Johnson & Johnson must pay $18.8 million to a California man who said he developed cancer from exposure to its baby powder, a jury decided on Tuesday, a setback for the company as it seeks to settle thousands of similar cases over its talc-based products in US bankruptcy court. The six-week trial was the first over talc that New Brunswick, New Jersey-based J&J has faced in almost two years. Hernandez will not be able to collect the judgment in the foreseeable future, thanks to a bankruptcy court order freezing most litigation over J&J’s talc. Jurors heard from Hernandez’s mother, Anna Camacho, who said she used large amounts of J&J’s baby powder on her son when he was a baby and through childhood. Tens of thousands of plaintiffs have sued, alleging that J&J’s baby powder and other talc products sometimes contained asbestos and caused ovarian cancer and mesothelioma.

Persons: Johnson, Emory Hernandez Valadez, Hernandez, Erik Haas, ”, Anna Camacho, Michael Kaplan, LTL, J Organizations: J, Reuters, View, LTL Management, LTL’s Locations: California, Oakland, Brunswick , New Jersey, Trenton , New Jersey

☆ Jurors urged to impose heavy punitive damages in J&J talc trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Brendan Pierson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

J&J has consistently denied that its now-discontinued talc baby powder contains asbestos or causes cancer. Satterley asked jurors to award Hernandez punitive damages about nine times greater than so-called compensatory damages, which include $3.8 million for his medical costs as well as damages for pain and suffering. The U.S. Supreme Court has found that punitive damages should generally be no more than nine times compensatory damages, and that a higher ratio can be reduced on appeal as excessive. J&J has said its talc products are safe and do not contain asbestos, which has been linked to mesothelioma. J&J said in bankruptcy court filings that the costs of its talc-related verdicts, settlements and legal fees have reached about $4.5 billion.

Persons: Johnson, Mike Segar, ” Joseph Satterley, Emory Hernandez Valadez, Satterley, Hernandez, Allison Brown, “, Michael Kaplan, LTL, J Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS, Alameda County Superior Court, U.S, Supreme, LTL Management, LTL’s Locations: California, Johnson, New York, Alameda County, Trenton , New Jersey

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