US: Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a US court to pay $2.1 billion in damages after it upheld a verdict that talcum powder sold by Johnson & Johnson caused ovarian cancer.
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The decision upheld the awarding of damages for the company “knowingly selling products that contained asbestos to consumers.”
“Because defendants are large, multi-billion-dollar corporations, we believe a large amount of punitive damages is necessary to have an effect in this case,” the judgement said.
A spokeswoman for Johnson & Johnson said the company would appeal the decision in the Supreme Court of Missouri, according to the Wall Street Journal.
