The first baby powder lawsuit was filed in 2009 by a physician’s assistant from Sioux Falls, South Dakota who developed ovarian cancer at the age of 49 after a lifetime of using J&J’s products. Since then, plaintiffs have filed nearly 1,000 lawsuits against the compan...
Update: March 10, 2023 A lawsuit filed in Southern California against the baby food companies in the Congressional report by Attorney Pedram Esfandiary’s group alleges that these tainted foods can cause ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) and autism. (10) The case was given the g...
Many attorneys believe that the manufacturers of such products provided inadequate warning to consumers about known risks of talcum powder when used in this manner. Thus far, one talcum powder lawsuit filed in federal court resulted in a verdict favoring the plaintiff, who alleged that her ovarian...
Update: March 10, 2023 A judge greenlighted a lawsuit in Southern California filed by Attorney Pedram Esfandiary and his group, alleging that heavy metal-tainted baby foods produced by companies mentioned in the Congressional Report can cause ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) and autism...
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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?
Johnson & Johnson will pay $75 million to resolve a consumer protection lawsuit filed by Mississippi over the company’s failure to add a safety warning to its talc-based baby powder, according to people familiar with the settlement. The pact comes as lawyers for the state’s attorney general...
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. ...
jury has awarded a $29 million settlement to a woman who sued Johnson & Johnson over allegations that the company’s talcum-based baby powder contains asbestos-causing cancer, according to ABC News. Teresa Leavitt’s lawsuit against the pharmaceutical giant claimed the company’s baby powder was...
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 ...