Last month, a U.S. appeals court tossed out Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to offload thousands of talcum powder cancer lawsuits into bankruptcy court. The company is named as a defendant in approximately 38,000 personal injury lawsuits. Only a handful of these cases have either gone to trial or resolved in settlements, costing the company more…
Does the use of talcum powder cause ovarian cancer? That is the $65,000 question. Or maybe it should be called the $100 million question. Two juries this year have said awarded a combined total of $127 million ($55 million and $72 million respectively in two separate talc powder ovarian cancer trials) to ovarian cancer victims who linked their cancer to…
A Los Angeles jury awarded a 63-year-old woman diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer $417 million in her lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson. The jury agreed with the woman that the powder manufacturer failed to warn consumers about the risks using their talc powder exposed them to. This verdict is the largest amount awarded to a…
This news item highlights the article, written by firm attorney Rick Shapiro, that made it on the front page of Legal Examiner.
This news item highlights the massive jury verdict rendered to a woman who developed ovarian cancer after using Johnson & Johnson talc baby powder.