BALTIMORE — A Baltimore jury awarded over $1.5 billion in damages to a Maryland woman who alleged in a lawsuit that Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based personal care products caused her to develop cancer. But the sizeable award “is far from final,” an attorney said.
The company, which has been ordered to pay billions in other baby powder-related litigation, has vowed to appeal the jury’s verdict in favor of Maryland resident Cherie Craft, who was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2024.
The jury awarded Craft $1.5 billion in punitive damages from J&J and a subsidiary, as well as over $59.8 million in compensatory damages for medical expenses, lost earnings and other harms…