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  Jurors in mock cosmetic talc trial find in favor of plaintiff, but damages pale in comparison to real life

  By Ann Maher | Friday, Jul 20, 2018 @ 3:48pm

  LOS ANGELES - Mock jurors returned a verdict in favor of a fictitious plaintiff who worked at a talc mining and milling facility 50 years ago, but unlike real court judgments awarding men and women millions in economic damages and recently billions in punitive damages, this jury of nine awarded less than $1 million, all in, to the mesothelioma victim and his wife.

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