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A Missouri jury has awarded $72 million to the family of an Alabama woman who died from ovarian cancer, which she said was caused by using Johnson & Johnson’s well-known baby powder and other products containing talcum.
Jacqueline Fox of Birmingham, Ala., died at age 62 after 35 years of using Johnson & Johnson products containing talcum powder, including the manufacturing giant’s trademark baby powder and its Shower to Shower body powder. Fox had used them for feminine hygiene, and she believed they were what ultimately killed her.
More than three years ago, she was diagnosed with an ovarian cancer that proved fatal. Fox was among more than 1,200 women from across the country who were suing Johnson & Johnson for failing to warn consumers of the dangers associated with talc, the mineral used in baby powder.
A Missouri jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay Fox’s family $72 million in actual and punitive damages.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON LOSES $72M IN CANCER CASE was originally published on oldschool1003.hellobeautiful.com
