Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America, a unit of Imerys SA, must pay $117 million in damages in a case involving a man who said he developed cancer due to his exposure to asbestos in talc-based products, a New Jersey state court jury said on Wednesday. The jury ordered the companies to pay an additional $80 million in punitive damages to … [Read more...]
Johnson & Johnson Held Responsible in NJ Lawsuit for Asbestos in Baby Powder
Background Lawsuits alleging that certain talcum powder products have contained harmful asbestos are growing in number. Complaints have been filed in California, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Florida against companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Colgate Palmolive, Shulton Co., and their respective talc suppliers. While the … [Read more...]
J&J Must Pay Millions Over Banker’s Baby Powder Cancer Claim
Johnson & Johnson and a talc mining company must pay at least $37 million to an investment banker who blamed the companies’ products for causing him to develop a deadly cancer linked to asbestos. Jurors in state court in New Brunswick, New Jersey concluded Thursday J&J and Imerys SA hid that their talc-based products, including J&J’s … [Read more...]
J&J Jury Set to Weigh Banker’s Claims Baby Powder Caused Cancer
Jurors are set to weigh an investment banker’s claims that using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder for more than 30 years caused him to develop a deadly cancer linked to asbestos. A New Jersey jury will begin deciding Wednesday whether Stephen Lanzo III can legitimately blame J&J’s iconic product for his mesothelioma, an often-fatal cancer … [Read more...]
Johnson & Johnson says talc products have always been asbestos-free. Court documents suggest otherwise
Facing thousands of lawsuits claiming its talcum powders have caused harm, Johnson & Johnson has argued that science is on its side and that its products do not contain asbestos. But documents filed in the ongoing legal saga, provided to FiercePharma, suggest some tests found asbestos and that the company debated internally about the … [Read more...]
California Lawsuit Alleging Cashmere Bouquet Talcum Powder Caused Mesothelioma Will Get Court Trial
A San Francisco woman who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer can go to trial against the makers of Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder, which she used for 20 years and later learned it may have contained asbestos. The state Supreme Court unanimously denied review Wednesday of a challenge by Colgate-Palmolive to an earlier ruling that reinstated … [Read more...]
In J&J’s Backyard, Attorneys Paint Contrasting Pictures of Talc’s Alleged Link to Mesothelioma
At opening statements Monday in a Middlesex County court for the second suit linking Johnson & Johnson talc products to mesothelioma, the company offered several alternate theories for the source of the asbestos that caused the plaintiff’s illness. Stephen Lanzo III, 46, said in his suit that he was a lifelong user of Johnson’s Baby Powder … [Read more...]
New Jersey Asbestos – Talc Mesothelioma Trial to Begin in 2018
UPDATE: The trial has been moved from 1/22/18 to 1/29/18 due to an evidentiary dispute between the two sides. While the Plaintiff claims that his only exposure to asbestos was from Johnson & Johnson's baby powder, the defendant claims that they have a tissue sample showing a type of asbestos that is associated with other commercial … [Read more...]