Baltimore Jury Orders J&J to Pay $1.56 Billion Over Baby Powder Cancer
CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCEThe Baltimore Banner's report of Tuesday 23 December 2025 says "The jury returned the verdict in favor of Cherie Craft ... on Monday in Baltimore Circuit Court", i.e. Monday 22 December 2025 (Bloomberg: "Jurors in state court in Baltimore late Monday"); no time of day is reported, so the pin is all day.[1]
A Baltimore City jury awarded Cherie Craft $59.84 million in compensatory and $1.5 billion in punitive damages, finding J&J's talc baby powder exposed her to the asbestos behind her peritoneal mesothelioma - the largest talc verdict for a single plaintiff. J&J said it would appeal.
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