417 million for powder: cancer patient sued Johnson & Johnson for a record amount

A California court ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a Los Angeles resident. 65-year-old Eva Echeverria said that the cause of her illness was Johnson's Baby Powder, which she used for intimate hygiene from the age of 11.

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A California resident sued Johnson & Johnson for a record $ 417 million in compensation for cancer caused by the use of the company's products. A Los Angeles court ruled that the company must pay $68 million in compensation for moral damages and another 340 million in punitive damages.

Eva Echeverria filed a lawsuit against the company due to the development of ovarian cancer after using talcum powder. She used baby powder daily from 1950 to 2016, in 2007 she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

According to the woman, the company did not warn consumers about the risk of developing the disease. The plaintiff stated that her illness was the result of the "unreasonably dangerous and substandard nature of talc." Representatives of the company said they would challenge the court's decision, arguing that science has proven the safety of Johnson's baby talc.

The amount of $ 417 million awarded to a California resident was a record among the compensations that J&J has ever paid by court order. It is worth noting that such a lawsuit against the company is not the only one. In total, several thousand such appeals are pending in American courts of various instances.

In May 2017, a court in Virginia ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $ 110.5 million to a woman who used the company's powder and got ovarian cancer, and three plaintiffs from St. Louis sued the corporation for a total of more than $ 300 million.