Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has agreed to pay up to $5.5 billion to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its talc-based baby powder and other products caused ovarian cancer. The proposed settlement would resolve around 76,000 cases, covering most of the remaining talc-related claim
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The High Court has approved a Group Litigation Order (GLO) to manage a major legal action against Johnson & Johnson brought by claimants who allege they developed cancer after using Johnson’s Baby Powder. In a judgment handed down yesterday in Fuschillo and others v Johnson & Johnson a
Multinational company Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $8 billion in punitive damages to a man who said the firm had not issued a warning that its antipsychotic drug could lead to breast growth. The enormous award, around £6.6 billion, was awarded to 26-year-old Nicholas Murray by
