$550 million awarded in lawsuit linking cancer, baby powder

Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a California jury to pay $4 million in punitive damages to a 68-year-old woman who claimed her deadly cancer was caused by asbestos in the company’s baby powder......»»

A St. Louis jury Thursday awarded $550 million in compensatory damages to 22 women who said Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) talcum powder cased their ovarian cancer. The St. Louis Circuit Court jury unanimously decided to next consider punitive damages.....»»

The Wall Street Journal: Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $4.69 billion in suit linking baby powder to cancer.....»»

A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded nearly $4.7 billion in total damages to 22 women and their families after they claimed asbestos in Johnson & .....»»

Multiple claims have been made against the company's talc......»»

AP Johnson & Johnson on Thursday was ordered to pay $4.69 billion to the 22 women who sai.....»»

Chicago TribuneNearly $4.7 billion awarded in Johnson & Johnson baby powder lawsuitChicago TribuneA St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded nearly $4.7 billion in total damages to 22 women and their families after they claimed asbestos i.....»»

Johnson & Johnson should ready itself for a f.....»»

Yeshiva World NewsNearly $4.7 Billion Awarded In Baby Powder LawsuitYeshiva World NewsA St. Louis jur.....»»

Johnson & Johnson says it will "pursue all available appellate remedies" to reverse a St. Louis court verdict that awarded $4.7 billion to women who alleged that using the company’s baby powder caused their ovarian cancer.  In a prepared stateme.....»»

A San Francisco Jury awarded $289 million in damages to a former school groundskeeper, Dewayne Johnson, who said Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller gave him terminal cancer. The award consists of $40 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punit.....»»

The first cancer related trial against Monsanto has ruled for a terminally ill man awarding him $289 million. Susana Victoria Perez has more......»»

Reuters Correspondent Lisa Girion uncovered what may be the first lawsuit to allege that Johnson & Johnson's iconic Baby Powder caused cancer......»»

Johnson & Johnson agreed to settle a woman’s claims that its iconic baby powder caused her asbestos-related cancer in what may be J&J’s first resolution of talc cases since litigation began two years ago, according to people familiar......»»

Thousands of plaintiffs who say that Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and talc products caused cancer can go forward with their claims, but face limits on what expert testimony will be allowed in trials after a Monday ruling by a New Jersey judge......»»

A Missouri jury's $265 million award to peach grower Bill Bader in his lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF has raised the stakes for the two companies as at least 140 similar cases head to U.S. courts later this year......»»

Johnson & Johnson Chief Executive Alex Gorsky on Monday faced questions from plaintiffs lawyers over the timing of his sale of company stock, as he testified for the first time in a jury trial over allegations that the company's Baby Powder causes cancer......»»

Johnson & Johnson Chief Executive Officer Alex Gorsky was set to be called as a witness on Monday in what would be his first appearance in a jury trial over allegations that the company's Baby Powder causes cancer......»»

“It’s disappointing that J&J is going to see this as approval of their continued sale of talc-based baby powder that harms women,” Ted Meadows, one of Forrest’s lawyers, said in a statement......»»

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