A Missouri man has recently filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson regarding his wife’s untimely death, which he blames on baby powder use.

Plaintiff Michael B.’s led to the sixth talc powder trial regarding this subject matter in Missouri’s history. He claims that his wife used baby powder as part of her daily feminine hygiene regimen for many decades. She was eventually diagnosed with ovarian cancer which ultimately led to her death.

In July 2017, Michael’s baby powder lawsuit went to trial before a jury, along with two other baby powder lawsuits. His talc powder trial, however, was declared a mistrial by the judge.

This declaration of mistrial happened after only five days of testimony and as an answer to a recent decision made by the United States Supreme Court. In Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California, the Supreme Court had recently ruled that when a plaintiff’s alleged injuries do not occur in that state, state courts do not have jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants.

In Michael’s original talc powder trial which was declared a mistrial, only he was a resident of Missouri. So, even as the other two baby powder cases were thrown out, Michael’s talc powder trial was recently allowed to move forward on its own.

Recently, a court hearing set Michael’s new talc powder trial date for Oct. 16, 2017.

This is not the only talc powder trial that Johnson & Johnson are facing. Nearly 5,000 talc powder lawsuits have been filed around the country, many of them citing ovarian cancer as a result of the use of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder products.

Many plaintiffs claim that Johnson & Johnson knew as far back as the 1970s that use of their product in the female genital area might cause ovarian cancer or at least, increase the risk of women developing ovarian cancer.

Certain internal Johnson & Johnson documents are noted in many of these baby powder lawsuits, which allegedly reveal that the company had knowledge of important research that named talc powder as a dangerous product. Allegedly, Johnson & Johnson ignored warnings that they should include warning labels on their products containing talc powder including Shower to Shower products and baby powder products.

In Missouri alone, where Michael’s new talc powder trial is set to be heard, there have already been five baby powder cancer trials. Four juries have awarded different plaintiffs awards ranging from $55 million to $100 million. These awards are for compensatory and punitive damages.

So far, only one case has ended in a jury decision in Johnson & Johnson’s favor.

Johnson & Johnson is facing another 300 cases of a similar nature in California Los Angeles Superior Court. In August 2017, California’s first award in a talc powder case was awarded. Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $417 million to a woman diagnosed with incurable ovarian cancer. $300 million of that award was punitive damages.

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer after having used baby powder as part of a daily routine, you may be able to file a baby powder lawsuit.