California Judge Leaves $40M Asbestos-Talc Bellwether Verdict Standing

( May 12, 2026, 8:59 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California judge entered an amended judgment of $40,126,125.19 in the first of the state’s bellwether asbestos-talc ovarian cancer cases after rejecting posttrial challenges to the verdict based on alleged jury misconduct, instructional error and the court’s failure to exclude a plaintiffs’ law firm from the case....