Asbestos-Talc Defendants Attack Witness Rulings, Propriety Of $117M Verdict

(May 4, 2018, 9:00 AM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — The evidence supports neither the compensatory damage nor the punitive damage portions of a $117 million asbestos-talc verdict, which were the result of a string of erroneous expert witness and evidentiary rulings that created prejudice and warrant a new trial, two companies told a New Jersey court April 25 (Stephen Lanzo, et al. v. Cyprus Amex Minerals Co., et al., No. L00738516, N.J. Super., Middlesex Co.)....