Cancer patient wins $18.8M from J&J in baby powder trial

Cancer patient wins .8M from J&J in baby powder trial

Johnson & Johnson has to pay $18.8 million to a California man who claimed he got cancer from exposure to the NJ-based company’s talc-containing baby powder, a jury decided Tuesday. Emory Hernandez Valadez, 24, said he developed mesothelioma, an aggressive and deadly cancer, in the tissue around his heart from heavy exposure to asbestos and … Read more