Johnson & Johnson Slapped with $72 Million in Damages for Covering up Baby Powder’s Link to Cancer http://bit.ly/1pbkeI0
The company had reportedly known on record since the 1980s that some of its flagship products cause cancer, but they failed to warn the public.
In a landmark case Hogans et al v. Johnson & Johnson, a Missouri jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million in damages to the family of a woman who died of ovarian cancer found to be caused by using the company’s baby powder and Shower to Shower products for decades.
The family of Jacqueline Fox has been awarded $10 million in actual damages and $62 million in punitive damages, finding that Johnson & Johnson committed negligence, fraud, and conspiracy.
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