"Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $966m to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma, finding the company liable in the latest lawsuit alleging its baby powder products cause cancer. The court in Los Angeles handed down the ruling late on Monday. list of 4 itemsend of list The pharmaceutical giant has to pay the family of Mae Moore, who died in 2021. The family sued the company the same year,"
"The jury ordered the company to pay $16m in compensatory damages and $950m in punitive damages, according to court filings. The verdict could be reduced on appeal as the United States Supreme Court has found that punitive damages should generally be no more than nine times compensatory damages. Erik Haas, J&J's worldwide vice president of litigation, said in a statement that the company plans to immediately appeal, calling the verdict egregious and unconstitutional."
"The plaintiff lawyers in this Moore case based their arguments on junk science' that never should have been presented to the jury, Haas charged. The company has said its products are safe, do not contain asbestos and do not cause cancer. This isn't the first time Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay damages to a family after a lawsuit that alleged a link between cancer and its baby powder products."
Los Angeles jurors ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $966m to the family of Mae Moore, who died of mesothelioma in 2021, finding the company's talc baby powder liable. The family alleged the talc contained asbestos fibres that caused the cancer. The verdict awarded $16m in compensatory damages and $950m in punitive damages. The punitive award could be reduced on appeal because the United States Supreme Court has found punitive damages should generally not exceed nine times compensatory damages. J&J plans to appeal, denies its products contain asbestos or cause cancer. Prior rulings include a 2016 $72m verdict and a 2024 $700m settlement; J&J stopped talc baby powder sales by 2023.
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