J&J Must Pay $2.1 Billion Talc Award After Appeal Bid Fails
- Missouri Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of jury’s finding
- J&J to appeal to U.S. high court, saying trial judge erred
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Johnson & Johnson lost a bid to appeal a $2.1 billion Missouri award to women who claimed its baby powder was laced with asbestos that caused their cancers.
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear J&J’s appeal of a 2018 finding by a St. Louis jury, according to court records. The jury found that the company’s talc-based powder was a leading cause of 20 women’s ovarian cancers and that J&J should pay as much as $4.7 billion in damages. An intermediate appeals court cut the award by more than half.