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This
undated photo provided by Robinson Calcagnie, Inc., shows Eva Echevarria. A Los
Angeles jury on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a
record US$417 million to Echevarria, a hospitalized woman who claimed in a
lawsuit that the talc in the company's iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer
when applied regularly for feminine hygiene. The verdict in the lawsuit brought
marks the largest sum awarded in a series of talcum powder lawsuit verdicts
against Johnson & Johnson in courts around the U.S. (Robinson Calcagnie, Inc.
via AP)
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A Los Angeles jury on
Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record US$417 million to a
hospitalized woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company's
iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine
hygiene.
