Calif. Jury Slaps Talc Makers With $4.6M Punitive Damages

By Cara Salvatore (December 12, 2017, 8:43 PM EST) -- A California jury awarded $4.6 million in punitive damages on Monday to the family of a man it found developed mesothelioma from asbestos, bringing to $22.17 million the total verdict against Imerys Talc America Inc. and Vanderbilt Minerals LLC, the latter of which has now settled, according to counsel....

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