Johnson
& Johnson was asked by a Missouri state jury to pay $72 million of compensation
to the relatives of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer because of their
company's talc-based Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for many years.
In
a decision announced late Monday night, jurors in the circuit court of St.
Louis given the family of Jacqueline Fox $10 million of basic damages and $62
million of punitive damages, according to the family's lawyers and court
records.
Johnson
& Johnson faces several hundred complaints claiming that it, in an try to
boost sales, unsuccessful for several years to warn customers that its
talc-based products could cause cancer.
Fox,
a woman who died due to cancer, who lived in Birmingham, Alabama, stated she
used Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for cleanliness for more than 35 years
before being diagnosed three years ago with ovarian cancer, at age 62 Fox died.
Jurors
found Johnson & Johnson legally accountable for fraud, carelessness and
conspiracy, the family's lawyers said. Deliberations lasted four hours,
following a three-week trial.
Jere
Beasley, a legal representative for Fox's family, told Johnson & Johnson
"knew as far back as the 1980s of the risk," and so far resorted to
"lying to the public, lying to the regulatory agencies." He said to
journalists in a press conference.
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