Judge overturns $417M verdict over Johnson & Johnson baby powder

Enlarge / Johnson’s baby powder, stocked at a supermarket shelf in Alhambra, California. (credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) A judge has thrown out a $ 417 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson, which came about when a jury sided with a terminally ill plaintiff who said that Johnson’s baby powder caused her ovarian cancer. On Friday, […]

Jury awards $417M to woman who says she got cancer from talc in baby powder

Enlarge / Bottles of Johnson’s baby powder in a London supermarket. (credit: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images) A Los Angeles jury awarded a woman a $ 417 million verdict yesterday. The jury found that Johnson & Johnson failed to adequately warn users of the cancer risks of the talc in its baby powder. The jury’s 9-3 […]