Best Of: Inside Johnson & Johnson’s bankruptcy two-step
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J&J's Baby Powder Containing Asbestos
A bombshell report from Reuters says company documents show J&J knew from at least 1971 to the early 2000s that its raw talc and finished powders sometimes tested positive for small amounts of asbestos. A woman named Jacqueline Fox files a personal injury lawsuit against J&J, she claims that she ended up with ovarian cancer after using Johnson's baby powder for more than 35 years. She dies before her case is decided, but a jury ends up awarding her family $72 million in 2016. Later, her case is actually overturned on a technicality, but that opens a floodgate for future claims. By January 2020, they were being served with on average one or more ovarian cancer complaints every
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