Nearly $4.7 billion awarded in baby powder lawsuit

Saturday, July 14, 2018

A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded nearly $4.7 billion in total damages to 22 women and their families after they claimed asbestos in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder contributed to their ovarian cancer.

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