( September 3, 2024, 10:55 AM EDT) -- BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Talc supplier Vanderbilt Minerals Inc. told a Connecticut judge that it would be unfair to award punitive damages for its conduct occuring after a man’s exposure to a predecessor’s product but that if the court did make such an award, the $15 million compensatory damages award adequately compensated the plaintiffs and weighs against substantial additional damages. But in reply, the plaintiff said the company was only rehashing previously rejected arguments....