The Latest: Plaintiff wanted to help others in talc case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a Los Angeles jury ordering Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million in a case alleging talcum powder causes ovarian cancer (all times local):___12:30 p.m.
The attorney for a hospitalized woman who won a $417 million judgment in a lawsuit claiming the talc in Johnson & Johnson's iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer says his client is not looking for sympathy.
Mark Robinson says Monday that Eva Echeverria wanted through her lawsuit to get a message out to help other women.
Echeverria said in court documents that she used the baby powder daily from the 1950s until 2016 and was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2007.