J&J Must Pay $72 Million Over Talc Tied to Woman's Cancer
- Jury foreman says it was clear J&J was `hiding something'
- Company faces about 1,200 more suits over talc products
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Johnson & Johnson must pay $72 million to the family of a woman who blamed her fatal ovarian cancer on the company’s talcum powder in the first state-court case over the claims to go to trial.
Jurors in St. Louis on Monday concluded J&J should pay $10 million in compensatory damages and $62 million in a punishment award to the family of Jackie Fox, who died of ovarian cancer last year after using Johnson’s baby powder and another talc-based product for years.