Johnson & Johnson begins battle over baby powder’s ‘link to cancer’ in $10 billion case - Courts have rejected J&J’s two previous efforts to resolve the talc litigation ...

A California jury awarded $29 million on Wednesday to a woman who sued Johnson & Johnson, claiming that asbestos in its talcum-based baby powder caused her cancer. An Alameda County jury in ...

Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that 15 new tests of the same bottle of baby powder that had been tested by the FDA found no asbestos. An additional 48 new lab tests of samples from the recalled lot of ...

Johnson & Johnson has reached a tentative agreement with 43 states to pay around $700 million after a decade-long legal fight to resolve claims that the company's talc-based products allegedly ...

In this April 15, 2011, file photo, a bottle of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder is displayed. Johnson & Johnson is asking for Supreme Court review of a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who ...

J&J, which began selling Johnson’s baby powder in 1894, says that its products are safe, do not contain asbestos, and do not cause cancer. J&J stopped selling talc-based baby powder in the US in ...

Johnson & Johnson plans to pay an additional $1.1 billion to resolve tens of thousands of legal actions alleging its baby powder and other talc products caused cancer, two people familiar with the ...

Johnson & Johnson has boosted to more than $8.2 billion its offer to settle thousands of lawsuits by people who say its baby powder gave them cancer, according to people familiar with the matter.

A $10 billion settlement to end litigation over Johnson & Johnson's baby powder, which was recalled after it was alleged to cause cancer in women, will be put to a judge on Tuesday ...