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Minnesota Jury Delivers $65.5 Million History-Making Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson
ST. PAUL, Minn., December 20, 2025--A Minnesota jury awarded $65.5 million to a 37-year-old mother of three minor children after finding in her favor in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, concluding that the company’s talc products exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her developing peritoneal mesothelioma, a cancer of the peritoneal lining in the stomach.
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