This most recent baby powder lawsuit adds to the long list of litigation the company has faced over dangerous and deadly products. Only recently has Johnson & Johnson faced or settled litigation involving many of their flagship products, including Ethicon transvaginal mesh, DePuy...
Johnson & Johnsonstopped selling its talc-based baby powder in the U.S.and Canada in 2020. Last summer, a group ofBlack women filed a lawsuitagainst Johnson & Johnson, claiming the company marketed its baby powder to Black women for decades despite knowing it had ingredients that could cause...
Jacqui Frank
To file a baby formula lawsuit, you should have medical records that include a diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), sepsis, meningitis, bowel amputation, bacterial infection, bloody stool, abnormal bleeding, shortness of breath, fatigue, salmonella or death. Additionally, you should have a...
Since 2003, talc in Johnson’s Baby Powder sold in the United States has come from China through supplier Imerys Talc America, a unit of Paris-based Imerys SA and a co-defendant in much of the talc litigation. Imerys and J&J said the Chinese talc is safe. ...
The verdict in the lawsuit brought by the California woman, Eva Echeverria, marks the largest sum awarded in a series of talcum powder lawsuit verdicts against Johnson & Johnson in courts around the U.S. Can talcum powder really cause cancer?
Talcum powder lawsuit verdicts 2013 saw the first major talcum powder trial reach a federal court in South Dakota. The jury in that case found in favor of the plaintiff, who argued that her use of a Johnson & Johnson talcum powder product for feminine hygiene purposes led to her development...
Why Was There a Talcum Powder Recall? Johnson & Johnson voluntarily recalled all Johnson’s Baby Powder bottles from lot #22318RB on Oct.18, 2019, after the FDA found asbestos in the product. In response to the recall, major retailers, including Walmart, CVS and Rite Aid, pulled all 22...
In a recent case based on a woman’s claim that Johnson’s Baby Powder – used as a base for makeup and dry shampoo – caused her mesothelioma, a jury in Northern California handed down a $29.5 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson, makers of the iconic baby powder. This is...
pay $417 million to a terminally ill woman who says the company’s baby powder caused her to develop ovarian cancer. As Roni Caryn Rabin reports for theNew York Times,the court’s decision may mark the largest payout in a string of lawsuits linking Johnson’s Baby Powder to the ...