Reuters reports that a jury in Los Angeles today awarded $417 million in damages, including $347 million in punitive damages, against Johnson & Johnson.
This verdict follows on the heels of four other large verdicts against Johnson & Johnson in Missouri, all based on claims that the company’s talc products cause ovarian cancer. A fifth case ended in a defense verdict.
This verdict is the third-largest verdict of the year nationwide, according to Bloomberg.
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