( July 9, 2026, 1:40 PM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania appellate panel affirmed a trial court judge’s denial of a plaintiff-appellant executrix’s request for a new trial, finding no errors in the judge’s decision to mold the verdict to one in favor of Johnson & Johnson entities after a jury held that the company’s products were not the cause of a man’s mesothelioma but still awarded $22 million in damages....