WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear Johnson & Johnson's bid to overturn a US$2.12 billion damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in the company's baby powder and other talc products.
The justices turned away a J&J appeal and left in place a Missouri state court ruling in litigation brought by 22 women whose claims were heard together in one trial.
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