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Punitive Damages: J&J Must Pay $185M In Mesothelioma Case Involving Baby Powder Punitive Damages: J&J Must Pay $185M In Mesothelioma Case Involving Baby Powder
Punitive Damages: J&J Must Pay $185M In Mesothelioma Case Involving Baby Powder Jurors in New Brunswick on Thursday rendered a $750 million punitive damages verdict against Johnson & Johnson on behalf of four people who allegedly got mesothelioma from its baby powder – and a judge immediately cut the award to $185 million, NJ.LAW reported. Johnson & Johnson vowed to appeal. The jury deliberated for less than a day following a three-week trial, the site reported. The punitive damages will be added to $37 million compensatory damages verdict rendered last September by a separate jury. They go to plaintiffs Douglas Barden and his wife, Roslyn Barden; David Ethri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jewish Teacher At North Jersey Catholic HS Alleges Anti-Semitism By Students In Lawsuit Jewish Teacher At North Jersey Catholic HS Alleges Anti-Semitism By Students In Lawsuit
Jewish Teacher At North Jersey Catholic HS Alleges Anti-Semitism By Students In Lawsuit A Jewish math teacher at a North Jersey Catholic high school says he was fired after complaining about students' anti-Semitic behavior against him including etching a swastika into the chalkboard and throwing coins at him, according to a lawsuit he recently filed. Jacob Rabinowitz says he was told by administrators at at Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale would not be renewed when he came forward about the way students were treating him -- a month before the notice was required, NorthJersey.com reports. The Archdiocese of Newark, however, said Rabinowitz did not complai…

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by Cecilia Levine