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LANZO v. CYPRUS AMAX MINERALS

DOCKET NOS. A-5711-17 A-5717-17.

254 A.3d 691 (2021)

467 N.J. Super. 476

Stephen LANZO, III and Kendra Lanzo, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. CYPRUS AMAX MINERALS COMPANY, Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to American Talc Company, Metropolitan Talc Company, Inc., Charles Mathieu, Inc., Resource Processors, Inc., and Windsor Minerals, Inc., Cyprus Minerals Co., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to American Talc Company, Metropolitan Talc Company, Inc., Charles Mathieu, Inc., Resource Processors, Inc., and Windsor Minerals, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, and Whittaker Clark & Daniels, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to American Talc Company, Metropolitan Talc Company, Inc., Charles Mathieu, Inc., and Resource Processors, Inc., Defendants, and Imerys Talc America, Inc., f/k/a Luzenac America, Inc., Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Windsor Minerals, Inc., and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc., f/k/a Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 28, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roman Martinez (Latham & Watkins LLP) of the New York and District of Columbia bars, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for appellant Imerys Talc America, Inc. (Chasan, Lamparello, Mallon & Cappuzzo, PC, Roman Martinez , and Elana Nightingale Dawson (Latham & Watkins LLP) of the Illinois and District of Columbia bars, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys; Cindy Nan Vogelman , Secaucus, Roman Martinez and Elana Nightingale Dawson , on the briefs).

E. Joshua Rosenkranz (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for appellant Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc. (McCarter & English LLP, E. Joshua Rosenkranz , Robert M. Loeb (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP) of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, Paul David Meyer (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP) of the California bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Naomi J. Scotten (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP) of the New York, Virginia, and District of Columbia bars, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys; John C. Garde , Newark, E. Joshua Rosenkranz , Robert M. Loeb , Paul David Meyer , Naomi J. Scotten , and Evan M. Rose , on the briefs).

Denyse Clancy (Kazan McClain Satterley & Greenwood) of the California bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondents Stephen Lanzo, III and Kendra Lanzo (Levy Konigsberg LLP, and Denyse Clancy , attorneys; Moshe Maimon and Denyse Clancy , on the briefs).

Before Judges Yannotti, Haas, and Mawla.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (JJCI) and Imerys Talc America, Inc. (Imerys) appeal from a judgment dated April 23, 2018, which awarded plaintiffs Stephen Lanzo III and his wife Kendra Lanzo $117 million in compensatory and punitive damages, and other orders entered by the...

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