Johnson & Johnson must pay $24.86m to California cancer patient in baby powder suit

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LOS ANGELES - Johnson & Johnson’s must pay US$18.8 million (S$24.86 million) to a California man who said he developed cancer from exposure to its baby powder, a jury decided on Tuesday, a setback for the company as it seeks to

J&J vice-president of litigation Erik Haas said in a statement that the company would appeal the verdict, calling it “irreconcilable with the decades of independent scientific evaluations confirming Johnson’s Baby Powder is safe, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer.”Reuters watched the trial through Courtroom View Network.

Mr Hernandez testified in June, telling jurors that he would have avoided J&J’s talc if he had been warned that it contained asbestos, as his lawsuit alleges. J&J has said its talc products are safe and do not contain asbestos, which has been linked to mesothelioma. Most litigation has been halted during bankruptcy proceedings, but US Chief Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan, who is overseeing LTL’s Chapter 11, let Mr Hernandez’s trial proceed because he is expected to live only a short time.

 

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