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Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a Missouri state jury to pay $72m of damages to the family of Jacqueline Fox, whose death from ovarian cancer was linked to her use of the company's talc-based Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for several years.
The family of Jacqueline Fox was awarded $10m of actual damages and $62m of punitive damages. The verdict is the first by a U.S. jury to award damages over the claims. J & J faces claims that it, in an effort to boost sales, failed for decades to warn consumers that its talc-based products could cause cancer. .
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About 1,000 cases have been filed in Missouri state court, and another 200 in New Jersey. Fox claimed she used Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for feminine hygiene for more than 35 years before being diagnosed, 3 years ago, with ovarian cancer. She died in October at age 62.
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The family of Jacqueline Fox was awarded $10m of actual damages and $62m of punitive damages. The verdict is the first by a U.S. jury to award damages over the claims. J & J faces claims that it, in an effort to boost sales, failed for decades to warn consumers that its talc-based products could cause cancer. .
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About 1,000 cases have been filed in Missouri state court, and another 200 in New Jersey. Fox claimed she used Baby Powder and Shower to Shower for feminine hygiene for more than 35 years before being diagnosed, 3 years ago, with ovarian cancer. She died in October at age 62.
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