Hours before New Jersey jurors on Thursday came out with a $750 million verdict in a talcum powder case, attorney Chris Panatier told them that their award was “going to have to be big” to deter Johnson & Johnson, according to a transcript. New Jersey law prohibited Panatier from suggesting a specific dollar figure, but he noted that Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky, who testified at trial, made $30 million a year and had $300 million in stock options.

That prompted an objection from Johnson & Johnson lawyer Allison Brown, who called the introduction of Gorsky’s compensation “wildly improper” and moved for a mistrial.

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