Bottles of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder line a drugstore shelf in New York on Oct. 15, 2015. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
In a victory for thousands of women suing Johnson & Johnson over claims that the company’s baby powder and other talc products caused their ovarian cancer, a court-appointed special master recommended on Tuesday that they be allowed to present testimony at trial from experts who support that link.
The recommendation from retired U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson, in long-running litigation that includes more than 67,500 lawsuits in the federal court in New Jersey, allows the cases to move towards the first trial in federal court potentially later this year.
