J&J loses bid to overturn baby powder verdict, but damages cut to US$2.12b | Malay Mail

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NEW YORK, June 24 — A Missouri appeals court yesterday rejected Johnson & Johnson's bid to throw out a jury verdict in favour of women who blamed their ovarian cancer on its baby powder and other talc products, but reduced damages by more than half, to US$2.12 billion (RM9.06 billion). The...

Wednesday, 24 Jun 2020 07:09 AM MYT

The Missouri Court of Appeals lowered the original US$4.69 billion verdict from July 2018 after dismissing claims by some of the 22 women and their families who had sued. Yesterday's decision followed J&J's May 19 announcement that it would stop selling its Baby Powder talc in the United States and Canada.

Mark Lanier, the lead lawyer for plaintiffs, called the decision “a clarion call for J&J to try and find a good way to resolve the cases for the people who have been hurt.”

 

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