Jury Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $40M to Two Women in Latest Talc Trial

A California jury on Friday awarded $40 million to two women who said Johnson & Johnson’s JNJ.N baby powder was to blame for their ovarian cancer.The jury in Los Angeles Superior Court awarded $18 million to Monica Kent and $22 million to Deborah Schultz and her husband after finding that Johnson & Johnson knew for years its talc-based products were dangerous but failed to warn consumers. Erik Haas, Johnson & Johnson’s worldwide vice president of litigation, said in a statement the company plans to “immedia ...