The family of Mae Moore, a California resident who died at age 88 in 2021, sued the company the same year, claiming J&J’s talc baby powder products contained asbestos fibers that caused her rare cancer. The jury late on Monday ordered J&J to pay $16 million in compensatory damages and $950 million in punitive damages, according to court filings.

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    7 days ago

    I had assumed that people would figure that the 0.03 was part of 1.00 and not 100 but yeah, my bad. changed.