On Thursday, after just 8 hours of deliberations, a St. Louis jury awarded $4.69 billion to 22 women who alleged that their ovarian cancer was caused by using Johnson & Johnson powder as a part of their daily feminine hygiene routine. This comes after J&J paid $80 million in punitive damages (in addition to the $37 million in compensatory damages they were ordered to pay) to Stephen Lanzo III last month. Lanzo, a retired banker, developed mesothelioma after using the asbestos-contaminated talcum powder products Shower to Shower and Baby Powder from 1972 to 2003. And after a Missouri state jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million dollars in damages to the family of a woman who died from ovarian cancer that was linked to their talc-based Baby Powder and Shower to Shower product. She had used the products for several decades.
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/13/health/4-69-billion-verdict
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/business/johnson-johnson-talcum-powder.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-j-hit-with-550-million-jury-verdict-in-baby-powder-suit-1531435569
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/07/13/johnson-
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