Sackler Family Sued by New York Over Opioid `Catastrophe’ March 28, 2019 By Erik Larson Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners, the Sackler family, were sued by New York state for triggering an addiction...
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...
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...
J&J May Be Helped by Missouri Ruling Against Talcum Lawsuits February 26, 2019 By Tina Bellon A Missouri Supreme Court ruling on talc lawsuits could reduce the liability and number of large trials Johnson & Johnson...
Asbestos-Laden Talc Products Verdict Means J&J, Imerys Owe Millions April 13, 2018 By Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk Johnson & Johnson and a talc-mining company were ordered by jurors to pay $80 million in punitive damages for hiding...
Files Show J&J Knew of Asbestos Risk in Talc in ’70s September 25, 2017 By Jef Feeley, Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jared S. Hopkins Johnson & Johnson trained its employees to reassure anyone concerned about whether the company’s talcum powder contained asbestos that the...
California Jury Awards Record $417M in Lawsuit Linking Baby Powder to Cancer August 23, 2017 By MICHAEL BALSAMO A Los Angeles, Calif., jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million to a hospitalized...
J&J to Pay Record $1B for Faulty Hip Implants December 6, 2016 By Jef Feeley and Tom Korosec Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a Texas jury to pay more than $1 billion to patients who claimed the...
J&J Faces More Talc Cancer Lawsuits After $55M Verdict Loss May 6, 2016 By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Tim Bross and Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson must pay $55 million to a 62-year-old South Dakota woman who blamed her ovarian cancer on the...
No More Formaldehyde in Shampoo as J&J Girds for Rules October 17, 2013 By Lauren Coleman-Lochner Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo contains an ingredient that might give parents pause: formaldehyde. Deemed a “probable human carcinogen” by...