Jun. 19, 2019
J&J urges appeals court not to reinstate $417M talc verdict
Oral arguments were made at the 2nd Dist. Court of Appeals involving a $417M talc verdict against Johnson and Johnson. Eva Echeverria who died from cancer, won $417M against J&J back in 2017. However, the presiding trial court judge in the case granted a new trial and judgment notwithstanding the verdict to J&J. Plaintiff Echeverria’s appellate brief seeks to have the trial court’s decision overturned, but states that if the appellate court believes the jury awarded too much, the appellate court should remit the judgment to an amount deemed appropriate in light of the evidence.
Johnson & Johnson’s attorneys tried to convince an appeals court Tuesday that there was no evidence its talc products caused a 63-year-old woman’s cancer, and that a trial judge’s reversal of a $417 million verdict should be upheld.
Eva Echeverria was awarded the $417 million in 2017 against the pharmaceutical company. The Los Angeles jury found that J&J failed to warn consumers about the risks associated with its talc prod...
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