J&J Ordered To Pay $55 Mln In Talcum Powder Cancer Trial

(RTTNews) - A Missouri state court jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) to pay $55 million to a 62-year-old South Dakota woman who blamed her ovarian cancer on the company's talcum powder in the second such trial loss this year.

The company is accused in more than 1,000 lawsuits in state and federal courts of ignoring studies linking its Shower-to-Shower product and Johnson's Baby Powder to ovarian cancer. Women contend the company knew the risk and failed to warn customers.

In February, the jury in St. Louis, Missouri ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million in damages to the family of a woman, who claim that her death caused by ovarian cancer was due to the longtime use of baby powder and other Johnson & Johnson products.