Jury awards $29 million to California woman who claimed Johnson & Johnson baby powder caused cancer

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(OAKLAND, Calif.) — A California jury awarded $29 million on Wednesday to a woman who sued Johnson & Johnson, claiming that asbestos in its talcum-based baby powder caused her cancer. An Alameda County jury in Oakland, California, held Johnson & Johnson responsible for Teresa Leavitt’s mesothelioma — a cancer linked to asbestos exposure …

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