on behalf of more than 20 women blaming their cancers on its baby powder. In the December case, jurors rejected a woman’s claim that her ovarian cancer was tied to use of J&J’s talc-based powder.“In litigation of every nature there are one-off situations where settlement is a reasonable alternative,” J&J spokeswoman Kim Montagnino said in an emailed statement.
The company, which faces nearly 17,000 lawsuits accusing it of hiding that its baby powder was contaminated with asbestos, has been on a roll at trial, racking up eight defense verdicts last year while losing five. O’Hagan was diagnosed with mesothelioma — a cancer linked to asbestos exposure — in August 2018 and underwent treatment for the disease, her lawyers told jurors in opening arguments. Doctors had told her she probably had less than two years to live, the lawyer added.
Another defendant in O’Hagan’s case, a unit of London-based Rio Tinto Minerals, also settled during the trial for an undisclosed sum. O’Hagan alleged that the company mined the talc used in J&J’s baby powder.
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Somehow, we need to step away from corporate products. And I'm sorry, but as long as there's asbestos in baby powder, Lead inFlint & God knows where else, pesticides, GMO's Big Pharma-run FDA--please forgive me if I don't believe 'herd' shots are safe. I'm guessing it's a lottery