J&J product liability News

J&J Loses Second Talcum Powder Trial

Johnson & Johnson lost a second trial linking baby powder use to deadly asbestos cancer and jurors must next decide whether to punish the company on top of their award of $21.7 million in damages. Jurors in state court in …

Court Reverses $72M J&J Talc Injury Verdict Citing Supreme Court

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday won the reversal of a $72 million verdict in favor of the family of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer they claimed stemmed from her use of the company’s talc-based products like Johnson’s Baby …

Huge Verdict Upends J&J’s Talc Product Liability Defense Strategy

A massive California verdict in a lawsuit alleging Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based products cause cancer has opened a new front in the litigation, upending the company’s hopes that the cases were only gaining traction in Missouri, legal experts said. The …

Australian Women File Class Action Suit Against J&J over Pelvic Mesh Implants

Australian women have brought a class-action case against Johnson & Johnson over complications arising from vaginal mesh implants – a lawsuit that follows many others in the United States, Canada and Europe. The claim, which is being heard in Australia’s …

Jury Clears J&J, Bayer of Liability in First Xarelto Product Liability Trial

Johnson & Johnson and Bayer AG aren’t responsible for a Xarelto user’s internal bleeding, a jury found in the first trial over the blood-thinning drug. J&J and Bayer didn’t mislead a Louisiana man and his doctors about the blood-thinning drug’s …

Jury Orders J&J to Pay $20 Million in Vaginal Mesh Case

Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $20 million to a New Jersey woman who blames the company’s vaginal-mesh inserts for leaving her in constant pain as the company prepares for a new wave of trials over the medical devices. …