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J&J beats lawsuit alleging that talc caused three women's cancer
Jun 5, 2026 3:46 PM

NEW YORK, June 5 (Reuters) - A Los Angeles jury on Friday sided with Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by the families of three women who alleged that the company's talc products caused ovarian cancer, finding that J&J was not negligent when selling cosmetic talc products.

-- The lawsuit was filed by the families of Mary Owens, Bonnie Tienken and Geneva Williams, who each died of ovarian cancer after using talc-based baby powder

-- J&J said its products are safe, do not contain asbestos, and ​do not cause cancer

-- J&J faces lawsuits from over 67,000 plaintiffs alleging that its baby powder and other talc products cause ovarian cancer

-- Trials have resumed after J&J failed to resolve the lawsuits in bankruptcy court

-- J&J has a mixed record in trials, winning some cases outright but also being hit with large verdicts in other cases

-- J&J also prevailed in a jury trial in Oklahoma last week

-- J&J stopped selling talc-based baby powder in the U.S. in 2020, switching to a cornstarch product

-- The case was tried in the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles

-- J&J vice president of litigation Erik Haas said on Friday that the case was based on "junk science"

-- Ten of the 12 jurors found that J&J was not negligent when making and selling talc-based cosmetic powder, according to proceedings viewed on Courtroom View Network

-- J&J has settled a majority of cases alleging that its products caused mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer associated with asbestos

-- Nearly all of the remaining cases allege that talc products cause ovarian cancer

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