Daily use of talcum powder for over 30 years has resulted in a case of ovarian cancer, alleges a new lawsuit filed against Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America. The plaintiff, Rebecca Lichtenfels, filed her product liability lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on... Read more »

There are more than 10,000 talc powder lawsuits pending against Johnson & Johnson. Most of them are pending in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) in federal court, and the rest are pending in state courts around the country. The product liability lawsuits raise similar claims: That Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder... Read more »

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a new safety alert regarding the increased risk of Fournier’s gangrene among diabetes patients using Invokana and other drugs in the same class. Fournier’s gangrene is considered to be a rare, but very serious complication of SGLT2 inhibitors. This condition is... Read more »

A jury in New Jersey awarded a couple $117 million dollars following arguments that the defendant’s product resulted in the plaintiff’s diagnosis of mesothelioma, a type of cancer. Other juries have found the talc powder manufacturer liable in cases in which the plaintiffs allege the Shower to Shower powder caused... Read more »

In early December, a Philadelphia state court ruled against the makers of the anticoagulant Xarelto, ordering them to pay $27.8 million in damages due to their failure to warn patients and the medical community about the drug’s potential to cause internal bleeding. Drug makers Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson... Read more »

A jury in California recently ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million to a woman who sued the manufacturing giant over the allegation that her long-term use of J&J talc powder led her to develop ovarian cancer. The award includes $347 in punitive damages, which are intended to punish... Read more »

Severe side effects of Invokana – part of a new class of diabetes drugs manufactured by J&J – have prompted a wave of litigation filed throughout the United States. Most of the Invokana lawsuits have been centralized in New Jersey federal court under MDL # 2750 for more efficient pretrial... Read more »

Like many other women, Lois Slemp routinely used talcum powder for feminine hygiene purposes. The Virginia resident had used Johnson & Johnson’s talc powder for four decades, and then she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Her cancer was initially discovered in 2012. After going into remission, she suffered a recurrence... Read more »

A plaintiff claims that use of diabetes drug Invokana led to kidney failure. The plaintiff only took the medication for two months before she began having life-threatening side effects that forced her to stop taking Invokana and seek medical treatment for her kidney problems. Judith Buchanan filed her lawsuit on September 16 in... Read more »

A plaintiff who recently filed a talcum powder lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson involving their talc-based products has also laid grounds for the possibility of a class action to be formed. The plaintiff in this case states that the hundreds and possibly thousands of women who have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer as... Read more »