Johnson & Johnson baby powder is arranged for a photograph in New York. It's unusual for J&J, which is facing thousands of talc-related damage lawsuits, to resolve them during or before trial. (Photo: Scott Eells)
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) reached a confidential settlement resolving an Oklahoma lawsuit alleging its iconic baby powder caused a 77-year-old woman to develop a rare cancer connected to asbestos exposure.
California jury awarded dying woman $29 million
The accord comes the same day the company was cleared by a New Jersey jury of a similar claim and two weeks after a jury in Oakland, California, awarded $29 million to a dying woman who blamed asbestos in J&J talc for causing her cancer.
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