Breaking a string of lopsided courtroom defeats, Johnson & Johnson scored a legal victory Friday when a St. Louis jury rejected the claim of an ovarian cancer victim that her use of talc powders for feminine hygiene caused the disease.
The defense verdict in St. Louis Circuit Court followed three plaintiffs’ victories last year in which J&J and its talc supplier, Imerys Talc America, Inc., were hit with total damages of $197 million.
The plaintiff in the latest case, Nora Daniels of Columbia, Tenn., was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2013 at age 52. The disease is currently in
source http://www.omnipopmag.com/2017/03/07/johnson-johnson-wins-its-first-verdict-in-talc-ovarian-cancer-litigation/
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