Si tratta del secondo verdetto sfavorevole per J&J, che nel febbraio scorso pagò 72 mln di dollari a un’altra vittima. L’azienda dovrà pagare la somma a titolo di risarcimento dopo le accuse mosse a riguardo della correlazione fra il loro borotalco e l’insorgere del cancro ovarico.
This is the second unfavorable verdict for J&J, which last February was ordered to pay 72 million dollars to the family of an Alabama woman, Jackie Fox, who died following ovarian cancer, who had sued the company arguing that the disease and therefore the death it had been caused by products containing talc. In addition, the company is facing about 1,200 lawsuits alleging that it failed to inform users about the risks associated with its talc-based products.
Through spokeswoman Carol Goodrich, J&J but he said that he will appeal both decisions, which he believes are contrary to the results of decades of research supporting the safety of talc. The company recalled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have not identified talc as a risk factor for ovarian cancer. “Unfortunately, the decision of the jury 
Of a completely different opinion is Jim Onder, Gloria Ristesund's lawyer, a South Dakota woman who also blamed the company – and especially their flagship product: baby powder – for her ovarian cancer. Ristesund's attorney says researchers began linking talcum powder to ovarian cancer as early as the 1970s, and internal Johnson & Johnson documents showed the company had known about it for some time. Indeed, the judges agreed with the victims.
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