A Los Angeles jury found Johnson & Johnson liable in a lawsuit alleging its baby power products cause cancer. The jury ordered the company to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma in 2021. “It’s one of the biggest verdicts yet — and a huge victory for truth and accountability. Mae Moore used J&J’s baby powder for years before dying of mesothelioma at 88,” MAHA Action commented. “The jury found the product contained asbestos fibers that caused her cancer. After decades of denial, this verdict sends a clear message: companies that poison families will be held responsible,” it added. A Los Angeles jury just ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from cancer linked to its talc baby powder. It’s one of the biggest verdicts yet — and a huge victory for truth and accountability. Mae Moore used J&J’s baby powder for years… pic.twitter.com/aKHmjkJ2Hi — MAHA Action (@MAHA_Action) October 7, 2025 More from Reuters: The jury ordered the company to pay $16 million in compensatory damages and $950 million in punitive damages, according to court filings. The verdict could be reduced on appeal as the U.S. Supreme Court has found that punitive damages should generally be no more than nine times compensatory damages. Representatives for Johnson & Johnson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company has said its products are safe, do not contain asbestos, and do not cause cancer. J&J stopped selling talc-based baby powder in the U.S. in 2020, switching to a cornstarch product. The company plans to immediately appeal the ruling. According to the New York Post, Erik Haas, Johnson & Johnson’s worldwide vice president of litigation, called the decision “egregious and unconstitutional.” “The plaintiff lawyers in this Moore case based their arguments on ‘junk science’ that never should have been presented to the jury,” Haas said. Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $966 million in talc cancer case after jury finds company liable https://t.co/S0MXyoybnU pic.twitter.com/oZ3XiByepg — New York Post (@nypost) October 8, 2025 The New York Post noted: Trey Branham, one of the attorneys representing Moore’s family, said after the verdict that his team is “hopeful that Johnson & Johnson will finally accept responsibility for these senseless deaths.” J&J is facing lawsuits from more than 67,000 plaintiffs who say they were diagnosed with cancer after using baby powder and other talc products, according to court filings. The number of lawsuits alleging talc caused mesothelioma is a small subset of these cases, with the vast majority involving ovarian cancer claims. J&J has sought to resolve the litigation through bankruptcy, a proposal that has been rejected three times by federal courts. Lawsuits alleging talc caused mesothelioma were not part of the last bankruptcy proposal.