On monday august 21 2017 a california jury awarded 417 million to a 63 year old woman who developed ovarian cancer after using johnson johnson baby powder for several decades.
Baby powder lawsuit 2017.
The award of damages in the talcum powder lawsuit judgment includes 70 million in compensatory damages and 347 million in punitive damages.
Record 417m award in lawsuit linking baby powder to cancer.
A missouri jury ordered health products giant johnson johnson to pay more than 110 million to a virginia woman for allegedly failing to disclose the cancer risk from its baby powder and another.
The lawsuits further allege that j j failed to warn consumers about the cancer risk in an effort to protect profits generated by its line of baby powder products.
A los angeles jury on monday ordered johnson johnson to pay a record 417 million to a hospitalized woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company s iconic baby powder causes.
All of the lawsuits claim that since the 1970s j j has been aware of research linking feminine hygiene use of talcum powder to ovarian cancer.