Carol Goodrich

A jury in California ordered Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) to pay $417 million to a woman who claimed the company’s talcum powder gave her cancer, the latest in a recent string of successful lawsuits. Eva Echeverria, 63, said she started using baby powder when she was 11 years old. She...

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is being forced to pay $55 million in damages to a user of its talcum powder products. Talc is a mineral composed of magnesium, silicon, oxygen and hydrogen. According to CNN Money, Johnson & Johnson will pay $55 million in damages to Gloria Ristesund, who used...