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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Jurors pound Johnson & Johnson with $4.69 billion judgment; Company vows to appeal

By John Sammon | Thursday, Jul 12, 2018 @ 8:15pm

ST. LOUIS – Jurors on July 12 handed Johnson & Johnson a body-blow, levying a total $4.14 billion in punitive damages and $550 million in compensatory damages to 22 women who claimed its talcum powder contained asbestos that caused them to develop ovarian cancer.
J&J talc trial wraps up: Attorneys accuse each other of fake science in closing arguments

By John Sammon | Thursday, Jul 12, 2018 @ 6:17am

ST. LOUIS – Attorneys for both sides claimed the other fabricated science during closing remarks on July 11 after a month-long trial in a lawsuit in which 22 women allege the baby powder they used made by Johnson & Johnson gave them ovarian cancer.