J&J in for R28.7bn in talc case
J&J has lost other cases at trial, with juries across the US ordering it to pay hundreds of millions of dollars
06 June 2021 - 00:02
Johnson & Johnson must pay a $2.1bn (R28.7bn) award to women who claimed its baby powder was contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos, after the US Supreme Court left intact the largest verdict in the almost decade-long litigation over the product...
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