Juries Weigh Cases Over Alleged Harms of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder

Mesothelioma cases represent a growing share of the more than 9,000 claims Johnson & Johnson faces over its talcum powder

In the battle between Johnson & Johnson and plaintiffs’ lawyers over alleged dangers in its signature baby powder, juries cut both ways last week.

A trial in South Carolina over whether Johnson’s Baby Powder caused a young woman’s mesothelioma ended in a hung jury Friday, days after a California jury awarded a woman $25.75 million in a similar case.

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