US SUPREME COURT REJECTS J&J’S ATTEMPT TO FILE TALC CANCER RISK LAWSUIT

Mon 13 December 2021:

The Supreme Court denied Johnson & Johnson’s request to halt a Mississippi lawsuit over its talcum powder products on Monday.

The case began in 2014, when Mississippi filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson.
Mississippi claims the company violated state law by failing to warn users of the “dangerous and potentially lethal” health risks of using its products, which the state claims increase the risk of ovarian cancer in women.

The justices denied the company’s writ of certiorari to appeal the case in an order list published Monday, meaning that the Mississippi Supreme Court’s decision to allow the lawsuit to move forward remains.

Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh both took no part in the consideration or decision of the company’s writ of certiorari – a move often made by justices due to personal ties or investment in the involved parties.

The US Supreme Court in June rejected an appeal by the company to reverse an unfavorable ruling in a similar lawsuit over allegations that their talc powder products contained asbestos that could cause ovarian cancer in women.

Though the company still disputes that their talc-based products cause cancer, it stopped using talc in baby powder in the US and Canada since May last year, saying that the lack of demand was fueled by misinformation around the safety of the product and a constant barrage of litigation advertising.

J&J, based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, has discontinued sales of its iconic talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder in the United States and Canada, though it is still available elsewhere.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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