A woman’s baby powder cancer trial against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson just resulted in a $70 million win.

The lawsuit involved in this baby powder cancer trial claimed that Johnson & Johnson failed to adequately warn consumers about the possible elevated risk of ovarian cancer linked with its talc-based baby powder products.

“It’s been a long-fought battle,” said the plaintiff, California resident Deborah G., after hearing the jury’s decision. “I was just elated, so relieved it was over. I felt like I accomplished something … there were happy tears and just joy.”

Deborah G. was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012 after having used Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder for feminine hygiene purposes for years.

At first, Deborah didn’t connect her ovarian cancer diagnosis with her use of Johnson & Johnson baby powder. But when her daughter saw a television ad about legal services for those who had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer after using talcum powder, Deborah made the connection.

This is not the first baby powder cancer trial to result in a jury finding that a company failed to inform and warn its customers about the connection between talc products and ovarian cancer risk.

In fact, a jury has come to this conclusion three times in the past. Even more lawsuits have been settled before going to trial at all.

The number of baby powder cancer lawsuits have been increasing steadily. More than 2,000 women have filed lawsuits so far.

Baby Powder Basics

Baby powder is a product that can absorb moisture and prevent chaffing. Consumers most often use baby powder to prevent diaper rashes in their infants and young children, but the product is also often used by adults.

Baby powder can be based on two different formulation: cornstarch and talc. It is talc-based powders, sometimes called talcum powder, that have been linked with a possible increased risk of ovarian cancer.

Allegations of a link between talc-based powders such as Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder and ovarian cancer have been cause for extreme concern among the women who have used this product or others like it for hygiene.

According to baby powder lawsuits, studies have shown a substantial connection between talc based baby powders and ovarian cancer, including evidence of talc within some ovarian tumors.

Plaintiffs claim that this evidence should be cause for action, but Johnson & Johnson and other companies that produce talc-based baby powders have failed to give adequate warning about these dangers on their products.

Baby Powder Cancer Lawsuits

Women involved in baby powder cancer lawsuits believe that companies that manufacture and market these baby powder products are responsible to provide sufficient warnings of the dangers involved in using their product.

Plaintiffs claim that adequate knowledge of these potentially serious talcum use risks would have prevented them from using the product, and therefore would have allowed them to avoid an ovarian cancer diagnosis altogether.

If you or someone you know has used Johnson’s Baby Powder or a similar powder product containing talc and have since been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, you may be able to file a lawsuit like the one in this baby powder cancer trial.