• Johnson & Johnson’s damages award cut to $120 million in baby powder case

    Johnson & Johnson’s damages award cut to $120 million in baby powder case

    Justice Gerald Lebovits of the state Supreme Court in Manhattan reduced the payout from the $325 million a jury awarded Donna Olson, 67, and Robert Olson, 65, in May 2019 following a 14-week trial.
  • Johnson & Johnson damages cut in half in talcum powder cancer suit

    Johnson & Johnson damages cut in half in talcum powder cancer suit

    A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday reduced a damages award against Johnson & Johnson to about $2.12 billion from $4.69 billion in a case brought by 22 women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in its baby powder and other talc products. The Missouri Court of Appeals awarded $500 million in actual damages and …