The jury verdict that awarded $4.7 billion to 22 plaintiffs has been upheld by a Missouri state court judge. Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay the massive award after it was found liable for “reprehensible conduct,” including evidence that the company had known... Read More

Over 10,000 women and family members are suing Johnson & Johnson regarding the company’s Baby Powder and Shower-to-Shower talcum powder products. The plaintiffs claim that prolonged use of the talc powder for feminine hygiene purposes can lead to ovarian cancer, and that the company failed... Read More

An 86-year-old woman from Virginia has developed ovarian cancer after a lifetime of using Shower-to-Shower and Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder for feminine hygiene purposes, according to a new product liability filed against the manufacturers. Opie Lalun Forbes filed her lawsuit in the U.S. District... Read More

Drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $4.69 billion in damages to 22 women and their families by a St. Louis jury recently. The women charged that the company’s talcum powder products included asbestos that had caused their ovarian cancer. Talcum powder is... Read More

A California jury recently decided in favor of a woman claiming that decades of use of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder had caused her to develop mesothelioma, a rare and often deadly form of cancer. Johnson & Johnson was ordered to $25.7 million in damages... Read More

A New Jersey couple was awarded $117 million in punitive and compensatory damages from drug maker Johnson & Johnson and talc company Imerys SA, in a suit where the husband alleged he had developed the deadly cancer mesothelioma after inhaling Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder-based... Read More

Talcum powder has been a trusted family product for generations. Parents use it to powder baby bottoms, and women use it for routine feminine hygiene. But thousands of individuals are claiming that talc powder has a darker side: An alleged increased risk of ovarian cancer.... Read More

Johnson & Johnson officials knew that the talc used to make its products contained asbestos in the 1970s, according to documents recently unsealed as part of a court case against the drug manufacturer. The case alleges that the talc caused ovarian cancer in women who... Read More