Following recent reports of Johnson & Johnson’s knowledge of asbestos contamination in their powder products, one Florida Jury ordered the company to pay $9 million to an 82-year-old woman, who said a powder product gave her cancer. Despite this settlement, the roller coaster of legal battles will only continue for Johnson & Johnson, who claim …
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Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is in the news again for all of the wrong reasons. The pharmaceutical giant has been told by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to hand over documents linked to claims that the company’s talcum powder products have been contaminated with asbestos. The SEC, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), …
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Johnson & Johnson is facing nearly 12,000 lawsuits from individuals who claim their cancers were caused by the company’s powder products. These cases include suits from thousands of women who charge that Johnson & Johnson talcum powder products caused their ovarian cancer. Looking back over nearly 50 years, it appears that while Johnson & Johnson …
Baby powder product with talc mineral spilling over diagnosis record paper on doctor's pad with stethoscope in teal color background: Patient's health examination document with sample of talcum on top
In the most recent case of ovarian cancer to go to trial, a jury ordered Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay a woman $417 million in her lawsuit claiming baby powder caused her ovarian cancer. However, J&J’s attorney said that the correlation between a woman using talc for feminine hygiene and an ovarian cancer diagnosis …
Talcum powder has recently been linked to ovarian and uterine cancer in women who used the product in the genital area over long periods of time. This has resulted in massive news coverage and multi-million dollar lawsuits against companies like Johnson & Johnson. Lesser known, however, is the potential for talcum powder containing asbestos to cause asbestos-related …
In recent months several medical devices and popular products have been officially found to cause gynecological cancer in women. Talcum powder, when used in the genital area, is now associated with ovarian and uterine cancer, while power morcellators (used in hysterectomies and myomectomies) are definitively linked to uterine cancer. The team ofcancer lawyers at Pintas & …
In a lawsuit brought by a woman in South Dakota, the jury recently ruled that Johnson & Johnson should be held liable for selling a product – talcum powder – that caused her to develop ovarian cancer. The jury decided that the company should have warned women of this risk. Talc powder attorneys at Pintas & Mullins …
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