The plaintiff filed a nearly 300-page first amended complaint in February 2019 alleging J&J did not disclose the that its ...

Johnson & Johnson must pay more than $42 million to a Massachusetts man who alleges that he developed mesothelioma, a rare ...

A naturally occurring mineral, talc consists of several elements like magnesium and silicon. When ground into fine particles, ...

Talc lawyers submitted several names for the new lead negotiation counsel on Friday after U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah ...

A jury ordered Johnson Johnson to pay $42 million to a man who developed mesothelioma, ruling its talc products caused his ...

In June 2025, a Suffolk County, Massachusetts jury delivered an $8 million verdict in Janice Paluzzi v. Johnson & Johnson (21-2109). The ...

LTL's bankruptcy had put the deluge of talc cases on hold. Kaplan on Tuesday granted a 24-year-old plaintiff's request to allow his case to proceed in California in the wake of the 3rd Circuit's ...

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge threw out the second chapter 11 case that Johnson & Johnson filed to resolve its mass talc liabilities, again shutting down the healthcare-product company’s plan to ...

The study, one of the largest on this topic to date, published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA. It found there was no statistically significant association between genital talc use and ovarian ...

The plaintiffs, who also are suing Luzenac America, a talc manufacturer, argue that Johnson & Johnson has known since 1971 of a link between ovarian cancer and the application of talc to the ...

Yet talc, the softest known mineral, is dug from the ground, where it can keep bad company. Talc is sometimes interlaced with asbestos, which can cause fatal diseases in those who inhale its ...

Food-grade talc can also safely be used as an anti-caking agent. The FDA says talc in this form is “generally recognized as safe when used … in accordance with good manufacturing practice.” ...