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Asbestos-Contaminated Talc Mesothelioma Cases in California


Below is our up-to-date list of Trial Verdicts Reports for California talcum powder mesothelioma lawsuits.


A 76-year-old woman diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2021 used some Avon powders that had high levels of asbestos.

  • When: 2022
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Beauty products from Avon
  • Who the defendants were: Avon Products Inc.
  • How much was awarded: $40 million in actual damages and $10.3 million in punitive damages.

The family of an 86-year-old woman who died in 2018 from pleural mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure filed this wrongful death lawsuit.

  • When: 2021
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Beauty products from Avon
  • Who the defendants were: Talc supplier Whittaker Clark & Daniels
  • How much was awarded: $780,000 jury verdict, then case settled before punitive damages were considered for a confidential amount.

Woman claimed that she developed mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos in cosmetic talc products.

  • When: 2021
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Beauty products from Avon, Revlon, and Chanel
  • Who the defendants were: Talc supplier Whittaker Clark & Daniels
  • How much was awarded: Case settled during lawsuit trial for confidential amount.

Man, a 78-year-old Vietnam War veteran, alleged his pleural mesothelioma was caused by 22-year daily use of Old Spice Talcum Powder.

  • When: 2021
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Old Spice Talcum Powder
  • Who the defendants were: Talc supplier Whittaker Clark & Daniels
  • How much was awarded: Jury verdict in amount of $4.8 million.

Woman claimed that asbestos-laced Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder caused her mesothelioma asbestos cancer

  • When: 2019
  • Where: Oakland, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson; Rio Tinto Minerals
  • How much was awarded:  Both defendants settled during trial.

Woman used Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder and many years later was diagnosed with mesothelioma.

  • When: 2019
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson
  • How much was awarded:  Defense verdict.

Man who used Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder for more than three decades as well as Clubman brand talc powder after haircuts alleged these asbestos – talc exposures caused his pleural mesothelioma.

  • When: 2019
  • Where: Long Beach, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder; Clubman brand talc powder
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson
  • How much was awarded: Defense verdict.

Woman and her husband sued Johnson & Johnson following her pleural mesothelioma diagnosis in 2017.

  • When: 2019
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson
  • How much was awarded: Jury awarded her $40 million in compensatory damages but no punitive damages.

Woman claimed that years of inhaling asbestos in Johnson & Johnson talc products caused her mesothelioma.

  • When: 2019
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson
  • How much was awarded: Defense verdict at the conclusion of second trial.  Note: In the first trial of this lawsuit back in 2018 a “mistrial” was declared by the judge due to a so-called “hung jury” situation.

Woman diagnosed with mesothelioma but still living at the time of her trial claimed her asbestos cancer was caused by asbestos-tainted talc.

  • When: 2019
  • Where: Alameda County, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder; Colgate’s Cashmere Bouquet
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson; Colgate-Palmolive
  • How much was awarded: $12 million.  Note: Jury concluded Avon Products Inc. was responsible for about $2.4 million of the total $12 million awarded as damages based on the plaintiff’s use of Avon’s talc-based Night Magic as a young woman. But Avon was not named as a defendant in this lawsuit and, therefore, it is unlikely the plaintiff will be able to recover that portion of the award.

Man, a 65-year-old retired teacher, claimed J&J talc products contaminated with asbestos caused his mesothelioma.

  • When: 2019
  • Where: Los Angeles County, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson
  • How much was awarded: Defense verdict.

Woman, age 36, claimed her mesothelioma was caused by asbestos-tainted talc.

  • When: 2019
  • Where: Los Angeles County, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson
  • How much was awarded: Settled during trial.

Woman diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2017 and still living at the time of her trial claims this asbestos cancer was caused by asbestos-tainted talc.

  • When: 2019
  • Where: Alameda County, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson; Imerys Talc America; Cypress Mines Corporation
  • How much was awarded: $29.4 million: Johnson & Johnson responsible for 98 percent of verdict amount; Cypress Mines Corporation, one of J&J’s former talc suppliers, responsible for remaining 2 percent.  Imerys Talc America was dropped from the case after filing bankruptcy.

Woman contended she was exposed to this asbestos-tainted baby powder which caused her malignant mesothelioma.

  • When: 2018
  • Where: Humboldt County, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson; Imerys Talc America
  • How much was awarded: Reportedly, the jury found that Johnson’s Baby Powder contained asbestos and that plaintiff was exposed to this asbestos-tainted baby powder but decided that the J&J product was not a “substantial factor” in her mesothelioma.

Man claimed that inhaling asbestos in Johnson & Johnson product caused his mesothelioma.

  • When: 2018
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson; Imerys Talc America
  • How much was awarded: Mistrial declared by the judge due to “hung jury”

Woman claimed that years of inhaling asbestos in Johnson & Johnson products and a Chanel product caused her mesothelioma.

  • When: 2018
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower; Chanel’s No. 5 After Bath Powder
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson; Chanel; Imerys Talc America
  • How much was awarded: Imerys settled the case just before jury deliberations began; Mistrial declared by the judge due to “hung jury” as regards J&J; Unknown outcome for Chanel

Man claimed that decades of exposure to Colgate-Palmolive products caused him to develop mesothelioma.

  • When: 2018
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Cashmere Bouquet and Mennen Baby Powder
  • Who the defendants were: Colgate-Palmolive
  • How much was awarded: Settled day before jury selection for confidential amount

Woman claimed her mesothelioma was caused by asbestos in the Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder when she used it on her children and while bowling.

  • When: 2018
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson
  • How much was awarded: $25.7 million ($21.7 million in compensatory damages and $4 million in punitive damages)

Plaintiff developed mesothelioma after using J&J talcum powder products contaminated with asbestos.

  • When: 2017
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Johnson’s Baby Powder
  • Who the defendants were: Johnson & Johnson
  • How much was awarded: N/A

Plaintiff developed mesothelioma after working with asbestos-contaminated talc at Walter N. Boysen Paint Co. and Dexter Midland Chemical Co.

  • When: 2017
  • Where: San Francisco, CA
  • Who the defendants were: Imerys Talc America and Vanderbilt Minerals
  • How much was awarded: $22.17 million

Plaintiff developed mesothelioma after using a talcum powder contaminated with asbestos for almost two decades.

  • When: 2016
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Cashmere Bouquet
  • Who the defendants were: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
  • How much was awarded: $13 million

Plaintiff developed mesothelioma due to exposure to asbestos in talc products at a barber shop where his father worked.  He also used products containing asbestos-contaminated talc.

  • When: 2016
  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • What Product(s): Old Spice, Clubman, Kings Men, Faberge, and Mennen Shave Talc
  • Who the defendants were: Whittaker, Clark & Daniels
  • How much was awarded: $18 million

For additional information, view our Lawsuits Claim Talc with Asbestos in Talcum Powders Caused Mesothelioma page.


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