Mealey's (February 7, 2020, 10:09 AM EST) -- NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A New Jersey jury on Feb. 6 awarded $750 million in punitive damages — which the judge immediately reduced to $187.5 million — after a previous jury found that asbestos in Johnson & Johnson talc products caused four plaintiffs’ mesothelioma and awarded them $37.3 million, sources told Mealey Publications (Douglas Barden, et al. v. Brenntag North America, et al., No. MID-L-1809-17, N.J. Super., Middlesex Co.). VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....