Industrial Talc Litigation: New Mass Tort Or False Alarm?

By Mark Raffman and Diana Coleman ( August 8, 2017, 11:50 AM EDT) -- Recent product liability headlines have focused on high-profile verdicts in litigation claiming that talcum powder products caused plaintiffs' ovarian cancer. Although results have been mixed in trials across several jurisdictions, there have been some eye-catching plaintiff verdicts, including a jury award of $110.5 million to plaintiffs in St. Louis. In the wake of these legal victories thousands of new talc cases have been filed or are pending....

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