(October 24, 2017, 12:30 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California state court judge on Oct. 20 vacated a $417 million verdict in a product defect suit after finding that the verdict against Johnson & Johnson over its talcum powder was excessive and that the evidence did not show that it was the company’s fault that the plaintiff developed ovarian cancer (Eva Echeverria v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., No. JCCP4872, Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co.)....