NYT: Women With Cancer Awarded Billions in Baby Powder Suit
On Tuesday, a Missouri appeals court ordered Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary to pay $2.1 billion in damages to women who blamed their ovarian cancers on the company’s talcum products, including its iconic baby powder. In July 2018, a record $4.69 billion in compensatory and punitive damages was awarded to the women. Today’s ruling slashed that decision by more than half. Johnson & Johnson still faces thousands of lawsuits from customers who maintain its talcum products were contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos. The company declared last month that it would quit selling baby powder made from talc in North...
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