Legal Opinion
Echeverria v. Johnson
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided July 9, 2019No. B286283PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, J.*
*296INTRODUCTION
This case is one of several coordinated suits in which the plaintiffs allege talcum powder products manufactured by Johnson & Johnson and Johnson &
*297Johnson Consumer Inc. (JJCI; collectively, defendants) caused them to develop ovarian cancer. In July and August 2017, bellwether plaintiff Eva Echeverria's case was tried to a jury on a single claim of negligent failure to warn. The jury returned a verdict in Echeverria's favor against both defendants, awarding compensatory damages of $68 million against Johnson & Johnson and $2 million against JJCI. The jury awarded punitive…
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