A California jury on Friday, Dec. 12, awarded $40 million to two women who said Johnson & Johnson baby powder caused their ovarian cancer.
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury ordered the company to pay $18 million to Monica Kent and $22 million to Deborah Schultz and her husband after finding that Johnson & Johnson knew for years that its talc-based products were harmful and yet failed to warn consumers, Reuters reported.
According to court records, Kent was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2014, while Schultz was diagnosed in 2018. Both women are California residents who told the court they had used J&J’s baby powder after bathing for approximately 40 years.
They further testified at trial that their treatment for ovarian cancer included major surgeries and dozens of rounds of chemotherapy.
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