J&J Targets Science Behind Thousands of Baby Powder-Cancer Cases July 25, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson, seeking to head off claims by thousands of women that its iconic Baby Powder caused their cancer,...
J&J Gets New Trial After $417 Million Talc Verdict July 11, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Edvard Pettersson Johnson & Johnson deserves a new trial after a jury ordered the world’s largest maker of health-care products to pay...
Johnson & Johnson Loses $25 Million Talc Verdict in New York May 22, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay at least $25 million to a woman who said she contracted a rare...
J&J’s Talc Defense Gets Harder After Cases Kept in State Courts May 10, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk Johnson & Johnson failed to get 2,400 state-court cancer lawsuits tied to its baby powder immediately transferred to a federal...
J&J Tries to Use Supplier’s Bankruptcy to Gather Talc Suits April 22, 2019 Johnson & Johnson wants a federal judge to take over more than 2,000 baby-powder lawsuits it faces instead of allowing...
Johnson & Johnson Wins Trial Over California Talc-Cancer Claim April 8, 2019 Johnson & Johnson won the latest trial over claims its iconic baby powder can cause cancer, as a jury in...
Sudden Talc-Cancer Settlements Aren’t J&J’s Usual Style March 28, 2019 Johnson & Johnson took the unusual step of settling two women’s claims that its talc-based products caused their asbestos-linked cancers...
Supreme Court: Manufacturers Must Warn of Asbestos in Parts Added by Others March 19, 2019 By Andrew Simpson Manufacturers have a duty to warn about potential dangers of parts with asbestos that were later added onto their products...
FDA Warns of Asbestos in Claire’s Cosmetics; Company Disputes Claim March 6, 2019 By Chad Terhune The U.S. Food and Drug Administration called on Congress to modernize rules for cosmetics safety on Tuesday after it issued...
NYC Readies Sandbags to Barricade Steam-Pipe Blast Site July 23, 2018 New York City had sandbags at the ready Friday night to barricade the site of a Manhattan steam-pipe explosion against...