Family Wins $10M Verdict Against J&J in Mesothelioma Wrongful Death Case
A New Orleans family won a major wrongful-death verdict tied to mesothelioma, with a jury awarding $10 million against Johnson & Johnson and four co-defendants. Lynne Roy’s daughters sued after her 2020 death, waiting over six years amid delays linked to two bad-faith bankruptcies initiated by J&J. The jury found defendants’ products’ asbestos caused Roy’s death and assigned J&J $1.2 million of the judgment. J&J later stopped selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023 and moved to a cornstarch-based formula.