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Jury awards $417M in J&J talc cancer case

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A Los Angeles jury awarded $417 million to a woman who claims her ovarian cancer is linked to the talc in Johnson & Johnson baby powder.

The award for Eva Echeverria includes $347 million in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson.

In May, a separate jury awarded $110.5 million to a Virginia woman who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012. Three other juries in St. Louis reached similar verdicts, awarding $300 million to the plaintiffs.

Read more from USA Today.

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