Baby Powder Lawsuit Settlement

A new jersey jury ordered johnson johnson to pay 750 million in punitive damages to four people who said the company s baby powder gave them cancer.

Baby powder lawsuit settlement.

On may 2 2016 johnson johnson was ordered to pay the woman 55 million in damages. The settlement resolves a class action lawsuit in which plaintiffs claim that from 1984. However upon learning that the settlement came with a confidentiality clause the ovarian cancer survivor decided to reject the settlement and make sure others knew about the dangers posed by perineal use of talc instead. In the very first talcum powder lawsuit filed in 2009 j j offered plaintiff deane berg 1 3 million to settle out of court.

As the jury deliberated however the plaintiffs and defendants lawyers met and agreed upon a settlement the details of which were not publicized. A 77 year old woman stepped forward in an oklahoma city state court as plaintiff in a lawsuit against johnson johnson claiming the company s baby powder caused her peritoneal mesothelioma. Following a string of major losses before trial judges and at the appellate level. In another case in may 2017 j j was ordered by a jury in missouri to pay 110 million to a woman from virginia who developed the cancer after using the powder for decades.

Talcum powder lawsuit settlements after announcing that it will no longer sell talc based baby powder in the north american market johnson johnson faces more than 16 000 talcum powder lawsuits alleging its products are contaminated with asbestos and can cause ovarian cancer and mesothelioma. One of them involved a woman named gloria ristesund. Updated july 13 2018 thousands of talcum powder lawsuits have been filed against johnson johnson for failing to warn women of the risk of developing ovarian cancer from using its popular baby powder. Consumers have also filed lawsuits after developing mesothelioma a terminal disease caused by asbestos exposure.

60 00 1 19 johnson johnson agreed in the middle of a trial to pay more than 2 million to resolve a woman s claims that asbestos laced baby powder caused her cancer according to people. This settlement does not involve any kind of personal cosmetic product such as baby body or talcum powder.