A Bridgeport jury has awarded Evan Plotkin and his wife Martha Barry-Plotkin $15M in a verdict against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson and several subsidiaries for damage linked to asbestos in the company’s talc-based Baby Powder. The jury awarded $15M in compensatory damages and answered in the affirmative that punitive damages were justified, meaning the ultimate verdict amount could go higher. J&J subsidiaries Kenvue, Holdco, Pecos River, LLT, and LTL also were defendants in the lawsuit.
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