Store-Brand Talc Asbestos Mesothelioma Attorneys — A St. Paul, Ramsey County, MN Jury Awarded $10.2 Million and the Court Entered $1.78 Million Against Vi-Jon LLC After the Husband’s Mesothelioma Diagnosis in His Forties From Decades of Asbestos-Contaminated Talc Exposure, Attorney911 Pursues Store-Brand Talc Manufacturers and the Full Supply Chain From Mine to Retail Shelf, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider, We Preserve Talc Product Samples and Corporate Testing Records for TEM and XRD Analysis Before They Vanish, the FDA Leaves Cosmetic-Talc Asbestos Testing to Manufacturer Discretion, Minnesota’s Several-Liability Rule Limits Each Defendant to Its Fault Share, the Firm Has Recovered $50M+ for Injury Victims and Millions in Catastrophic Cases, the Discovery Rule Starts the Filing Clock at Diagnosis — Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911
The Verdict That Changed What Store-Brand Talc Means If you used store-brand talcum powder — the kind with the pharmacy’s name or the grocery chain’s label on the bottle instead of the famous name on the baby aisle — and you or someone you love was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a courtroom in St. Paul just confirmed something most people never hear: the powder on your bathroom shelf can carry the same asbestos as the insulation in an old factory building, and the company that made it can be held accountable in a court of law. A Ramsey County jury awarded a Minnesota couple $10.2 million after the husband developed mesothelioma in his forties from decades of exposure to asbestos-contaminated consumer talc products. The judge entered a $1.78 million judgment against Vi-Jon LLC, the store-brand talc manufacturer — a figure that reflects Minnesota’s several-liability rule, which limits each defendant to its own share of fault, not a reduction in what the harm is actually worth. The full $10.2 million represents what twelve people in St. Paul determined this disease and everything it took from this family is worth. The $1.78 million is what Vi-Jon alone owes under the rule that apportions…