The severity of the situation gradually eased from Thursday evening, when it receded in the north and east of the country
weather3 hours ago
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a New York state judge to pay $120 million (Dh441 million) in damages to a Brooklyn woman and her husband, after she blamed her cancer on asbestos exposure from using the company's baby powder.
Justice Gerald Lebovits of the state supreme court in Manhattan reduced the payout from the $325 million (Dh1.2 billion) ( that a jury awarded Donna Olson, 67, and Robert Olson, 65, in May 2019 following a 14-week trial.
While upholding the jury's liability finding, Lebovits wrote on Nov. 11 that the damages were too high, and the Olsons could either accept the lowered award or have a new trial on damages.
The judge approved the lowered payout on Wednesday, court records show. It includes $15 million (Dh55 million) of compensatory damages and $105 million (Dh386 million) of punitive damages, down from an original $25 million (Dh92 million) and $300 million (Dh1.1 billion), respectively.
Johnson & Johnson did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Jerome Block, a lawyer for the Olsons, said they were satisfied with the result, and confident it would be upheld if appealed.
He also said Donna Olson's mesothelioma "is at an advanced stage, and we are hoping for the best."
Donna Olson had testified that she used Johnson's Baby Powder or Shower to Shower daily for more than 50 years.
Lebovits wrote that jurors could find that Johnson & Johnson was for many years "knowingly deceitful about" or "wilfully blind to" potential health risks of its talc products, in part to maintain market share and profit.
The New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company is appealing to the US Supreme Court a $2.12 billion (Dh7.8 billion) damages award in Missouri to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on asbestos in its baby powder and other talc products.
Johnson & Johnson has faced intense scrutiny of its baby powder's safety following a 2018 Reuters investigative report that found it knew for decades about asbestos in its talc.
Internal company records, trial testimony and other evidence show that from at least 1971 to the early 2000s, J&J's raw talc and finished powders sometimes tested positive for small amounts of asbestos.
The severity of the situation gradually eased from Thursday evening, when it receded in the north and east of the country
weather3 hours ago
Cyclone Hidaya is predicted to cause torrential rain, strong winds and powerful and dangerous waves in the flood-ravaged country
africa3 hours ago
Dror Or's wife Yonat was killed in the October 7 attack and two of their three children were abducted and then freed in November
mena3 hours ago
Lawyer Deepak Bikram Mishra, who filed a petition urging the court to curtail climbing permits back in 2019, confirmed
world3 hours ago
Foreign ministry says the new curbs on four settlers and two groups follow "unprecedented rise" in settler violence over the past year
world3 hours ago
Heavy rains had been pounding the country since midnight on Thursday, prompting authorities to temporarily suspend the service
uae3 hours ago
Sciences Po university authorities give the group of students 20 minutes to leave before forcible evacuation
world4 hours ago
The attacking midfielder joins a roll call of famous names including Stanley Matthews, Bobby Charlton, George Best and Kenny Dalglish
football4 hours ago