American Cancer Diseased won a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson

In the US, a woman won a lawsuit against the corporation Johnson & amp; Johnson. Gloria Ristesand said that the company's products provokes cancer. According to the court, Missouri, Johnson & amp; Johnson must pay $ 55 million American cancer patients.




According Ristesand, she became ill with ovarian cancer after use of funds for personal hygiene and baby powder, produced by Johnson & amp; Johnson, with the result that she had to undergo surgery to remove the uterus.

The jury concluded that the company withheld information about the dangers of its health products. The claims against Johnson & amp; Johnson filed for thousands of people, it reminds Tass.

In February 2016, a court in the US city of St. Louis (Missouri) ordered Johnson & amp; Johnson pay a total of $ 72 million in penalties and compensation to the family who died in October last year of ovarian cancer at the age of 62 years, Jacqueline Fox. According to relatives, the disease occurred in women due to the fact that it is more than 35 years, used the company's products.

Inc. Johnson & amp; Johnson (Group of Companies) was founded in 1886. Today it is one of the largest conglomerates in the health sector. Johnson & amp; Johnson includes 275 companies located in 60 countries, including the Russian.