N.J. Appellate Court Affirms $1.6 Million Asbestos-Related Talc Exposure Verdict

TRENTON, N.J. –– A New Jersey appellate court has affirmed a $1.6 million verdict entered against a raw talc supplier, finding in part that the plaintiffs had presented enough evidence to satisfy the frequency, regularity, and proximity test.

In the March 27 order, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court also opined that the trial court did not err when it refused to preclude the testimony of several plaintiff experts.

Plaintiffs Steven G. Kaenzig and Linda Kaenzig filed the asbestos-related suit against a number of defendants, including Whittaker, Clark & Daniels Inc. In the complaint, the plaintiffs …