A Maryland jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $1.5B in a lawsuit regarding talc in its baby powder.

A Los Angeles jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $40 million to two women on December 13, 2025. The women claimed the ...

Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay about $1.56 billion to a Maryland woman who blamed the company’s talc-based baby powder for causing her asbestos-linked cancer, the largest such jury verdict for ...

After multiple failed attempts by Johnson & Johnson to move its talc litigation into bankruptcy, ovarian cancer claims are once again advancing in courts across the country. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30, 2025 ...

A Minnesota jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $65.5 million to a mother of three who linked her cancer to long-term use ...

A Baltimore jury ordered Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries to pay over $1.5 billion to a woman who claimed decades of ...

A jury in Baltimore City Circuit Court awarded $59.84 million to plaintiff Cherie Craft, then added $1 billion in punitive ...

In 2019, Johnson & Johnson, the makers of the most popular brand of baby powder, faced over 14,000 lawsuits, some claiming its association with increased risk of ovarian cancer, and some claiming its ...

A court in Baltimore has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $1.56 billion to a Maryland woman who claimed that her use of the company’s baby powder caused her cancer. It is the largest award ever ...

Jessica Dean, of Dallas-based Dean Omar Branham Shirley, talked to Law.com about the $1.5 billion talc verdict that jurors in ...

Editor’s Note: Ford Vox is a physician specializing in rehabilitation medicine and a journalist. He is a medical analyst for NPR station WABE-FM 90.1 in Atlanta. He writes frequently for CNN Opinion.

Using talcum powder does not increase the risk of ovarian cancer, according to a major study. Controversy has surrounded the use of the powder on women's genitals since the 1970s, after the talc ...