J&J Vows Appeal After Jury Hits it With $1.5B Talc Cancer Award

A Baltimore jury ordered Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries to pay over $1.5 billion to a woman who claimed decades of exposure to asbestos in the company’s talc-based products caused her peritoneal mesothelioma, a form of cancer. Jurors in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland, on Monday found the company, two of its … Read more

Florida Jury Awards $20 Million in J&J Talcum Powder Mesothelioma Lawsuit

A jury in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday awarded $20 million to the family of a physician who died in 2022, finding that his mesothelioma was caused by his longtime use of Johnson & Johnson talcum powder. Internal company documents and expert witnesses suggested that Johnson & Johnson knew of asbestos risk in talc products, used … Read more