Johnson & Johnson told to pay US$72mil over cancer death linked to talcum powder

A container of Johnson's Baby powder, by multinational Johnson & Johnson, is pictured in Brisbane, Australia, 25 February 2016. - Reuters

ST LOUIS: Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a Missouri state jury to pay US$72mil (RM304mil) in damages to the family of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer was linked to her use of the company's talc-based Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for several decades.  

In a verdict announced late Monday night, jurors in the circuit court of St Louis awarded the family of Jacqueline Fox US$10mil (RM42mil) of actual damages and US$62mil (RM262mil)  of punitive damages, according to the family's lawyers and court records.