Jury Awards $29 Million To Another Plaintiff With Mesothelioma
Plaintiffs filing mesothelioma lawsuits are having no problem proving Johnson's Baby Powder contains cancer-causing asbestos
Monday, March 18, 2019 - The avalanche of astronomical jury awards continued unabated last week as a California jury awarded a woman $29 million for the mesothelioma she is suffering from as a result of inhaling Johnson's baby powder dust over the course of many decades. Johnson & Johnson admits that over 13,000 lawsuits have been filed against them, however, the company's annual report, when published could reveal many times that amount. The plaintiff used Johnson's Baby Powder and Shower to Shower regularly every day for decades and developed mesothelioma, a scarring of the lungs. In addition, the plaintiff called several expert witnesses that testified to the presence of asbestos in talc mined in close proximity with one another. Johnson & Johnson's talc supplier and codefendant Imreys Inc. filed for bankruptcy last month after collapsing under the weight of the thousands of lawsuits and leaving Johnson and Johnson on their own to defend themselves. There are over one dozen trials already scheduled for 2019 where plaintiffs allege that Johnson's Baby Powder contains asbestos and caused their ovarian cancer or mesothelioma. Talcum powder lawsuit national attorneys are representing families and persons harmed by the use of Johnson and Johnson talcum powder and offer a free consultation.
Johnson's Baby Powder trials to date have fallen into one of two main categories. The first is women who have developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson's Baby Powder or Shower to Shower deodorant for feminine hygiene. Plaintiffs claim that particles of talc traveled into their vagina and became permanently lodged in the ovaries creating the irritations that lead to cancer. Ovarian cancer is particularly deadly as the symptoms mask themselves as a part of a woman's routing monthly discomfort and the disease is usually not discovered before it has spread to other organs making treatment difficult or impossible. Studies of women who have died from ovarian cancer have found particles of talc in their ovaries during an autopsy.
The second category of diseased allegedly caused by Johnson's Baby Powder and one whose numbers could dwarf the number of cases of ovarian cancer are being brought by people that have developed mesothelioma from breathing the dust created when Johnson's Baby Powder is applied. Two multi-million dollar jury awards have already been granted to plaintiffs who have sued JNJ in the state of New Jersey, Johnson & Johnson's backyard and a state where JNJ is the largest employer. A third New Jersey Johnson's Baby Powder mesothelioma case is currently underway where, like the previous two, the plaintiff alleges that breathing talcum powder fumes caused his cancer.
Thousands of lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson have been sparked by the multi-million-dollar jury awards that have been granted to those claiming that Johnson's Baby Powder contains asbestos, a known carcinogen. Investigators at Reuters and the New York Times have uncovered memos revealed at trials provided under the Freedom of Information Act that demonstrate that Johnson & Johnson executive knew as early as 1959 that their talc supply contained asbestos. Memos further imply that instead of warning the public with a simple warning label on the bottle, JNJ decided to keep their asbestos finding quiet, and redirect their marketing efforts to target African American women, a demographic the company thought of as less well-informed and more likely to use the product. Some claim African American women were "race shamed" into using Johnson's Baby Powder in order to smell like white women, elevating their social status.
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