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캘리포니아 법원은 Johnson & Johnson사에게 18.8백만달러(약 240억원)을 암환자에게 지급하라고 평결했다. 환자는 탈크를 원료로 하는 베이비 파우더 사용으로 심막중피종이 발생했다며 Johnson & Johnson사를 대상으로 소송했었다.

※ 참고로 탈크에 불순물로 석면이 함유되어 탈크가 주 원료인 베이비파우더 사용으로 석면질환자(악성중피종, 폐암, 난소암 등)나 유족이 소송하여 승소한 사례가 많음.

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Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N) must pay $18.8 million to a California man who said he developed cancer from exposure to its baby powder, a jury decided on Tuesday, a setback for the company as it seeks to settle thousands of similar cases over its talc-based products in U.S. bankruptcy court.

The jury ruled in favor of Emory Hernandez Valadez, who filed suit last year in California state court in Oakland against J&J, seeking monetary damages. Hernandez, 24, has said he developed mesothelioma, a deadly cancer, in the tissue around his heart as a result of heavy exposure to the company's talc since childhood. The six-week trial was the first over talc that New Brunswick, New Jersey-based J&J has faced in almost two years.


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J&J must pay $18.8 million to California cancer patient in baby powder suit