Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has been hit with another courtroom loss in its ongoing talcum powder litigation. Last week, jurors in Los Angeles ordered the company to pay a record $417 million verdict to a 63-year woman who alleged that her terminal ovarian cancer... Read More

A St. Louis jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a $110 million verdict in a talcum powder trial last week. The plaintiff, 62-year-old Lois Slemp, developed ovarian cancer after using the company’s Shower-to-Shower and Baby Powder for decades, and claimed she wasn’t adequately warned... Read More

Amidst the awarding of massive jury verdicts against Johnson & Johnson regarding its talcum powder products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reportedly taking a closer look at the possible link between long-term use of these products and the risk of ovarian cancer.... Read More

One of the latest in the onslaught of lawsuits filed against Johnson & Johnson stemming from its talcum powder-based consumer products contains claims that the size and scope of the litigation as it now stands requires a grant of class action status. The complaint, lodged... Read More

In the midst of thousands of lawsuits linking talcum powder use to ovarian cancer, another cancer scare has arisen in some of the more recent complaints filed. In one particular lawsuit filed in July, a plaintiff alleges regular use of talcum powder in the perineal... Read More

One of the most recent talcum powder lawsuits is alleging that prolonged use of talc and talc-based products poses an increased risk of ovarian cancer. The plaintiff in this case lost his wife last year after she lost her battle with ovarian cancer. He claims... Read More

A recently filed lawsuit is alleging that the dangers of talcum powder are far more serious than most consumers realize and that the makers of talc-based personal products intentionally withheld knowledge of the risk of cancer posed to women using them and marketed them in... Read More

The tally of talcum powder lawsuits filed against Johnson & Johnson has again grown with yet another case having been filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California earlier this month. The plaintiff alleges that decades of using the company's Baby Powder... Read More