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NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON TALCUM POWDER LAWSUITS
Last month, medical device giant Johnson & Johnson had to pay a total of $325 million in damages to a woman in New York after a jury ruled in favor of the plaintiff’s claim that the defendant’s talc products had caused her to develop mesothelioma. J&J told reporters they believed the trial was flawed, and they will fight to appeal the court’s decision. This case is not the first of its kind. Since 2016, thousands of similar cases with plaintiffs claiming that J&J’s talc products contain harmful levels of asbestos, which caused them to contract mesothelioma and ovarian cancer, have occurred. In July of 2018, a group of 22 women won a case against the medical device giant and received $4.69 billion in damages. It was the largest amount ever awarded in a product liability case. While the cases show no signs of slowing down, evidence of the plaintiff’s claims are far from conclusive, and court decisions reflect this. For every case where plaintiffs win some form of damages, another case ends with a win for J&J or with a hung jury. The varied court verdicts and countless lawsuits beg a couple of questions: Do J&J’s talcum powder products contain asbestos, and, if so, are those products the culprit behind so many cases of ovarian
cancer and mesothelioma? While the U.S. banned the use of asbestos in commercial products in the 1970s, the minerals talc and asbestos can be found in similar locations in nature. Various studies have been published on the link between talcum product usage and certain types of cancer, and one meta-analysis found that there is a small but statistically significant link between them. This is hardly conclusive, but it appears to be evidence in favor of various plaintiffs’ claims. Filing a suit against major companies and corporations can feel like an uphill battle. Why not level the playing field? At Jones & Hill, we are experts in getting you the compensation you deserve in a number of different areas, including workers’ compensation and medical malpractice. Give our office a call today.
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