Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $72M in connection with ovarian cancer death

Mar 03, 2016, 13:57

Ms. Fox claimed she used Johnson & Johnson's Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for more than 35 years. This is the first verdict in over 1,000 national cases linked to these products. "We have no higher responsibility than the health and safety of consumers", Carol Goodrich, spokeswoman for the company said.

"The recent U.S. verdict goes against decades of sound science proving the safety of talc as a cosmetic ingredient in multiple products", she claimed.

Lawyers for the Fox family and Johnson & Johnson argued in court over whether the cancer could be directly linked with the talcum powder. She died in October aged 62.

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The jurors of the St. Louis circuit court ruled that J&J was liable for negligence, fraud and conspiracy.

Trials in a number of other talc lawsuits have already been set for later this season, according to Danielle Mason, who also represented Fox's family at trial.

In older talcum products, the talcum was often contaminated with asbestos but since the revelation of the link between asbestos and cancer, all products are required to be asbestos free. It said its adult products would be reformulated by 2016.

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In 2013, a federal jury in Sioux Falls, South Dakota found that plaintiff Deane Berg's ovarian cancer had been caused in part by Johnson & Johnson's body powder, but Berg was not awarded any damages, Reuters reported. "The evidence-the internal documents-will show that the company valued profits over human life", he said.

The reward includes $10 million in compensatory damages and another $62 million in punitive damages.

Many studies into the possible link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer have yielded mixed findings, with some studies reporting a slightly increased risk and some reporting no increase, according to the American Cancer Society.

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Cancer.org notes that there are suggestions that talc powder causes ovarian cancer if the powder, when applied to the genitals or on sanitary napkins, diaphragms or condoms, travels through the vagina, uterus and fallopian tubes to the ovary.