Court orders Johnson & Johnson to pay 18.8 million USD to cancer patient

  • 19/07/2023

A jury ordered on Tuesday that Johnson & Johnson's must pay $18.8 million to Emory Hernandez Valadez, a California man, who claimed that exposure to the company's baby powder caused the development of cancer. Hernandez, 24, claims that heavy exposure to the company's talc starting in his early years led to the development of mesothelioma, a fatal cancer, in the tissue surrounding his heart. 

The six-week trial was the first talc-related case that J&J, based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, had to deal with in nearly two years. This is a setback for the company as it attempts to resolve plenty of similar lawsuits involving its talc-based products.

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