Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay nearly $4.7B in ovarian cancer case

Friday, July 13, 2018 - 07:00 in Health & Medicine

A jury in St. Louis, Mo., has awarded nearly $4.7 billion US in total damages to 22 women and their families after they claimed asbestos in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder contributed to their ovarian cancer, in the first case against the company that focused on asbestos in the powder.

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