Johnson & Johnson To Pay $417 Million In Baby Powder Cancer Case

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record US$417 million (C$523 million) to a hospitalized woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company's iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene.The verdict in the lawsuit brought by the California woman, Eva Echeverria, marks the largest sum awarded in a series of talcum powder lawsuit verdicts against Johnson & Johnson in courts around the U.S.Ec