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The New York Times:
Johnson & Johnson was ordered Thursday to pay $4.69 billion to 22 women and their families who had claimed that asbestos in the company’s talcum powder products caused them to develop ovarian cancer.

Los Angeles Times:

A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded nearly $4.7 billion in total damages to 22 women and their families after they alleged asbestos in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder contributed to their ovarian cancer.

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Time:

Johnson & Johnson must pay $4.14 billion in punitive damages to women who claimed asbestos in the company’s talc products caused them to develop ovarian cancer. The company’s shares dropped in afterhours trading.

The jury earlier ordered J&J to pay them $550 million in compensatory damages, bringing the total to $4.69 billion.

claim 声称；指称

asbestos 石棉

talcum powder 爽身粉

talc 爽身粉

ovarian 卵巢的

ovarian cancer 卵巢癌

jury 陪审团

award 奖给；判给

allege 断言；指称

contribute to 是…的原因;导致

punitive damages 惩罚性赔偿

afterhours trading 盘后交易

compensatory damages 补偿性赔偿

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