Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer

Just two months ago, Johnson & Johnson were declaring victory and vindication after winning a single trial in St. Louis. The company claimed momentum and that juries were beginning to believe their version of science. But any momentum was short-lived, as a Virginia jury this month saw things differently than…

On March 3rd, 2017, a jury in St. Louis voted non-unanimously to deny damages to a 55-year-old woman suffering from ovarian cancer as a consequence of her long-term use of Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder. The jury wasn’t completely convinced by the evidence of the plaintiff, and Johnson & Johnson’s…

Johnson & Johnson is sparing no expense fighting claims that its talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer in thousands of women. An expensive stable of lawyers has been arguing in courts all over the country that they are not too blame, and that furthermore, they had no idea that talcum…

In the third case of its kind this year, a jury awarded a California woman $70 million after she had used Johnson & Johnson baby power and was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. With this latest verdict, the total owed to plaintiffs in 2016 in the cases against Johnson & Johnson…