Katie Porter: “A jury instructed Johnson & Johnson to pay $5 million in damages to Patricia, a retired teacher with two children and…”

“A jury instructed Johnson & Johnson to pay $5 million in damages to Patricia, a retired teacher with two children and four grandchildren. One month later, she died, at age 61, of mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Thirty-five-year-old Christina was a preschool teacher studying for her master's degree when she was diagnosed with mesothelioma. In 2019, a jury awarded her $26 million in her case against Johnson & Johnson. Gail was 36 years old when she collapsed on her kitchen floor. She was diagnosed with mesothelioma and has undergone six rounds of chemotherapy, radiation, and major surgeries. Two days into her 2019 trial, Johnson & Johnson struck a deal to pay her damages. These women, all Californians, are just a few of the now over 40,000 women who want Johnson & Johnson to help cover the millions of dollars in medical expenses they have racked up in their fight against cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Before we knew asbestos caused cancer, men who inhaled asbestos dust in mines and in industries like shipbuilding got mesothelioma cancer. For decades, women who didn't work in those jobs, but were diagnosed with mesothelioma, wondered how they could have been exposed. Like asbestos, talc is a naturally occurring mineral that must be mined. During that process, talc can be contaminated by asbestos.…”