As the number of talcum powder cancer lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson continue to mount, plaintiffs have indicated that they support a request filed by the company to centralize the litigation. All plaintiffs cite similar allegations that use of the manufacturer’s Baby Power and Shower-to-Shower body powder products around the... Read more »

Defendants named in multiple talc body powder lawsuits have filed a formal request for case centralization. The defendants have asked that the lawsuits filed in New Jersey, which total over 100 with more than 156 plaintiffs, be consolidated into a multicounty litigation (MCL) in the Atlantic County Superior Court before... Read more »

In April, the Colgate-Palmolive Co. was ordered to pay $12.4 million in damages to a woman who filed a talc cancer lawsuit against the company. Judith Winkel and her husband John Winkel of Santa Barbara were awarded the funds after a Los Angeles jury found that an asbestos-contaminated talcum powder... Read more »

With a potentially massive wave of litigation building relating to the suspected link between talcum power and cancer, a federal judge has given the green light to a plaintiff’s conspiracy claim against pharmaceutical and personal care product manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. This development may give rise to much greater scrutiny... Read more »

A recent study warns of the link between talcum powder cosmetic products and mesothelioma ─ a lethal form of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Talcum powder is used by a wide-variety of people, as it is commonly marketed as a post-shower body powder or a baby powder. U.S.... Read more »

A talcum powder lawsuit filed by 65 women has been remanded, returning it to the Circuit Court of St. Louis, Missouri. Judge Jean C. Hamilton issued the order on September 24, indicating that the defendants in the case, Johnson & Johnson, had wrongly removed the case to federal court. The... Read more »