J&J Considers Placing Talcum Powder Liabilities Into Bankruptcy: Reuters July 19, 2021 By Jessica DiNapoli, Mike Spector and Dan Levine Johnson & Johnson is exploring a plan to offload liabilities from widespread Baby Powder litigation into a newly created business...
California Jury Orders J&J to Pay $29 Million in Talc-Linked Cancer Trial March 13, 2019 Johnson & Johnson must pay $29 million to a dying California woman who blamed asbestos-tainted talc for causing her cancer,...
J&J Loses Second Talcum Powder Trial May 24, 2018 By Jef Feeley, Margaret Cronin Fisk and Edvard Pettersson Johnson & Johnson lost a second trial linking baby powder use to deadly asbestos cancer and jurors must next decide...
J&J $80 Million Damages Award Could Signal More Talcum Cancer Claims April 12, 2018 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson and a talc-mining company were ordered by jurors to pay $80 million in punitive damages for hiding...
Colgate-Palmolive Settles Asbestos Claim Linked to Its Talc November 13, 2017 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley Colgate-Palmolive Co. agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming its talcum powder products caused a Pennsylvania woman to develop mesothelioma, a...
Los Angeles Jury Hands Down $417M Award Baby Powder Lawsuit August 22, 2017 By Michael Balsamo A Los Angeles jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a hospitalized woman who...
Large Claims Becoming More Expensive, Complex & Global: Allianz April 25, 2017 By L.S. Howard Large liability claims are becoming more expensive, complex and international, with activity increasing outside the United States, according a report...
J&J Tries to Switch to Court Outside Missouri After $195 Million in Talc Verdicts November 8, 2016 By Brendan Pierson After a $67.5 million jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson on Oct. 27 marked its third straight trial defeat in...
Missouri Jury Hands Down Another Big Baby Powder Award – $70M October 31, 2016 A St. Louis jury has awarded a California woman more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of...