Mississippi Woman Files New Baby Powder Lawsuit

A woman who contracted ovarian cancer in 2008 is filed a Johnson & Johnson's baby powder lawsuit in Mississippi at the beginning of the month.

Monday, July 11, 2016 - A new Johnson & Johnson's baby powder lawsuit has been filed in Mississippi, where a woman claims the cosmetic product contributed to her contraction of ovarian cancer. The plaintiff, Ada Rich-Williams, filed her talcum powder cancer lawsuit before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on July 1, one of the most recent of more than 1,200 claims to date that have been filed against Johnson & Johnson regarding their baby powder products. Rich-Williams claims that her regular use of talcum powder for roughly 20 years contributed to her being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and that Johnson & Johnson was aware of the medical research supporting a link between their talcum powder products and ovarian cancer and failed to warn consumers of the potential risk.

One of claims made by Rich-Williams in her talcum powder cancer lawsuit focuses on the availability of alternative to Johnson & Johnson baby powder products that are considered free of any ovarian cancer link. Rich-Williams suggests that she may have purchased products such as corn-starch based talcum powder if she had been aware of the medical research that had been conducted into Johnson & Johnson's baby powder products. The company's failure to warn consumers of the alleged carcinogenic properties of their talcum powder products has prompted many plaintiffs to claim that the choice to choose whether they wanted to take that risk was never offered, and that Johnson & Johnson is negligent for withholding the information.

According to her Johnson & Johnson's baby powder lawsuit, Rich-Williams was born in 1957 and first diagnosed with ovarian cancer in March of 2008. She had used talcum powder products genitally for over 20 years, a practice that falls in line with the medical studies that have discovered a correlations between talcum powder use and ovarian cancer. After being diagnosed with the disease, Rich-Williams had to undergo six rounds of chemotherapy. Her ovarian cancer is currently in remission, however she still has to undergo regular checks every six months to monitor the possible return of the disease.

Rich-Williams' ovarian cancer being in remission does not lessen the severity of her baby powder cancer lawsuit filed against Johnson & Johnson. Talcum powder cancer lawyers representing a woman whose ovarian cancer was in remission earlier in 2016 won a $55 million award for their plaintiff. The 1,200 talcum powder ovarian cancer lawsuits around the country have a mix of both plaintiffs who have passed away from their disease and those who beat ovarian cancer. Representation from both sides continues to seek damages for the unnecessary health hazard they believe Johnson & Johnson exposed them to by not warning consumers of the medically researched link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer.

Johnson & Johnson has maintained it did no wrong concerning their handling of the warning labels on talcum powder products, but juries have ruled against them in all baby powder cancer trials heard thus far. The next talcum powder lawsuit trial will take place before the City of St. Louis Circuit Court in September, where plaintiffs will attempt to win their fourth consecutive trial before a jury against Johnson & Johnson.

Information provided by TalcumPowderCancerLawsuit.com, a website devoted to providing news about talcum powder ovarian cancer lawsuits, as well as medical research and findings.