12:09 PM EDT, 06/10/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ) was ordered by a Los Angeles jury to pay $32 million to the family of a California woman who died from pleural mesothelioma after alleged exposure to asbestos-contaminated talc, according to the law firm representing the family.

The case was brought on behalf of Maria Lozano, who died in 2024, and was continued by her three children. The family's law firm, Dean Omar Branham Shirley, said Wednesday in a statement that Lozano regularly used Johnson & Johnson's ( JNJ ) talc-based baby powder beginning in the early 1970s and argued that the product caused her illness.

Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ) argued that Lozano's asbestos exposure stemmed from other sources, but the jury rejected those theories, the law firm said.

Johnson & Johnson ( JNJ ) didn't immediately reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

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