Missouri Appellate Court Denies Plaintiff Efforts to Revisit Order Tossing $55 Million Talc Verdict

ST. LOUIS –– A Missouri intermediate appellate court has denied an effort by plantiffs to have the court re-visit its earlier order tossing a $55 million talcum powder verdict on jurisdiction grounds.

According to the court’s online docket, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District on Aug. 7 denied the plaintiffs’ motion to rehear or, in the alternative, transfer the case to the state’s highest court for review.

The plaintiff filed an application for transfer to the Missouri Supreme Court in the state high court on Aug. 17.

The request to have the intermediate appellate court rehear its …