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- Johnson & Johnson, and its talc supplier, Imerys SA, must pay at least $ 37 million to a man who says he developed mesothelioma after inhaling dust from the company’s talc powder-based products.
- Stephen Lanzo said he has used Johnson & Johnson’s talc powder produts since his birth in 1972.
- This is the second national trial to center on claims that Johnson & Johnson’s talc products contain asbestors.
- The company is separately fighting cases that claim the products also cause ovarian cancer.
Johnson & Johnson and Imerys SA must pay at least $ 37 million in a lawsuit claiming a man developed cancer due to his exposure to asbestos in talc-based products including Johnson’s Baby Powder, a New Jersey state court jury said on Thursday.
The verdict by jurors in New Brunswick, New Jersey, came in the second trial nationally to center on claims that J&J’s talc products contained asbestos as the company separately fights thousands of cases claiming they can also cause ovarian cancer.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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