Civil Litigation
Aug. 22, 2017
LA County jury awards $417M verdict in talc trial
A superior court jury in the first Johnson & Johnson talc powder trial in California delivered a record $417 million verdict for a cancer-stricken woman Monday, finding the pharmaceutical company knowingly failed to warn of an ovarian cancer link in its baby powder.
LOS ANGELES — A superior court jury hearing the first Johnson & Johnson talc powder trial in California delivered a record $417 million verdict for a cancer-stricken woman Monday, finding the pharmaceutical company knowingly failed to warn of an ovarian cancer link in its baby powder.
The bellwether verdict is the highest yet in the talc litigation and more than the collective $307 million in damages from four out of five trial l...
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