Cancer American woman to receive $ 110 million from Johnson & Johnson
Missouri state jury ordered the company Johnson & Johnson Pay more than $ 110 million to a woman from Virginia.
According to Air force, the woman blamed the company for having developed ovarian cancer after having used the product for several decades. Johnson & Johnson for feminine hygiene based on talc.
Talc Supplier For Johnson & Johnson there was a company Imerys Talc Americawhich is a subsidiary of the parisian Imerys SABloomberg reports.
The court sentenced the talc supplier to pay $ 100 thousand to the injured woman, the agency reports.
62-year-old Lois Slemp was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012, Bloomberg reports. Since then, the cancer has spread to the liver of a woman. According to her, she used baby powder for 40 years. Johnson & Johnsonas well as a series of products Shower to Shower.
Slamp also accused the company of its products containing asbestos. At the same time, she herself was unable to attend the trial due to a serious illness.
Lawyer of the company during the proceedings in the court stated that the products Johnson & Johnson could not cause cancer at Slemp, and asbestos is not in it.
Total for the company filed about 2,4 thousands of similar lawsuits, writes Reuters. The company is accused of not warning its customers that talc-based products can cause cancer. These products include the famous baby powder. Baby powder.
The company is accused of actually ignoring research that links baby powder and makeup with talc to the development of ovarian cancer, explains Bloomberg. The company denies the link between cancer development and its products.
Last year, for similar claims, the company has already forced to pay tens of millions of dollars.
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