After her mother’s death from ovarian cancer, a California woman recently filed a J&J baby powder lawsuit, alleging the product caused her late mother’s cancer.

The plaintiff in this case, Jamie L., alleges that her late mother, Sara F., used the popular Johnson & Johnson baby powder product Shower to Shower as part of her feminine hygiene routine for at least twenty-four years.

The lawsuit alleges that, as a direct result of using J&J baby powder products, Sara was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in August 2010.

Unfortunately, Sara ultimately died due to her ovarian cancer in December 2014.

Sara’s daughter, Jamie L., filed this lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson in response to her mother’s death.

The lawsuit alleges that throughout her mother’s use of the product, J&J baby powder packaging never included any information about the risk of developing ovarian cancer.

The J&J baby powder cancer lawsuit was filed on multiple counts, including failure to warn, defective design or manufacturing, negligence, breach of express and implied warranties, punitive damages, negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent concealment, and wrongful death, among others.

J&J Baby Powder Background

J&J baby powder is a product most often used to prevent diaper rashes in their young children, but the product is also used by adults.

A large number of women regularly use J&J baby powder products as part of their daily hygiene routine.

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.

According to the Cancer Prevention Coalition, as many as 14,000 women die from ovarian per year.

Ovarian cancer is a difficult disease to detect, and the survival rate for women with ovarian cancer is especially low. Talc used in baby powder was classified as a Group 2B human carcinogen.

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.

According to J&J 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 J&J baby powder cancer lawsuits believe that companies that manufacture and market these baby powder products are responsible to provide adequate warnings of the risks involved in using their product.

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

If you or someone you know has used J&J 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 against the manufacturer.

The J&J Baby Powder Lawsuit is Case No. 3:16-cv-8942, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.