Johnson & Johnson loses baby powder cancer case, California woman awarded $70M

Image Courtesy of AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file
Image Courtesy of AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file

By The Associated Press, October 28, 2016 

ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded a California woman more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused her cancer, the latest case raising concerns about the health ramifications of extended talcum powder use.

The jury ruling ended the trial that began Sept. 26 in the case brought by Deborah Giannecchini of Modesto, California.

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