Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson is asking the Supreme Court to review a $2.11 billion jury verdict from Missouri over baby powder it produced that allegedly contained asbestos that caused ovarian cancer. In addition to a vaccine used against the CCP virus, which causes the disease COVID-19, the 135-year-old New Jersey-headquartered company has been known for making a variety of talc-based consumer products such as its iconic baby powder, which is the subject of this litigation. The petition in the case, known as Johnson & Johnson v. Ingham, court file 20-1223, was filed with the Supreme Court on March 4. The verdict came out of a 2018 trial that consolidated the claims of 22 women who alleged the company’s talc powder caused their ovarian cancer. After a six-week trial, a St. Louis jury originally ordered the company to pay $4.69 billion, but last year, the Missouri Court of Appeals lowered the …