The ordered payment is the latest jury verdict, and 11th loss, for J&J since trials over cancer claims tied to its talc-based baby powders began.
The jury in Oakland, Calif., found J&J’s baby powder and Colgate’s Cashmere Bouquet baby powder caused Patricia Schmitz’s mesothelioma, a cancer linked to asbestos exposure.
J&J and Colgate were each found 40 percent responsible for her illness. Each company will pay $4.8 million in damages.
J&J faces more than 14,000 lawsuits claiming its powders caused ovarian cancer and mesothelioma.
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