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Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay Rs 890 crore after woman blames baby powder for causing cancer
Brooklyn resident alleges Johnson’s baby powder? ?containing asbestos, which caused her cancer
Justice Gerald Lebovitz, State Supreme Court of Manhattans federal judge in the US ordered Americas multinational corporation Johnson & Johnson to pay $120 million (around Rs 890 crore) damage to a woman and her husband hailing from Brooklyn, after she blamed her cancer on asbestos exposure from using the companys baby powder.
Donna (67) and her husband Robert Olson (65) in May 2019, had testified that Donna was using companys baby powder or shower to bathe daily for over 50 years, which resulted in her getting Mesothelioma (tumor caused by inhaling asbestos fibres).
Following this, the court had earlier ordered a damage of $325 million (around Rs 2,929 crore) from the company. However, after a 14-week trial, the justice ruled that damages were too high and reduced the payout to $120 million on Wednesday.
The total payout includes $15 million of compensatory damages and $105 million of punitive damages, down from an original $25 million and $300 million, respectively. The justice also implied that Oslons could either accept $120 million or have a new trial on damages.
Jerome Block, a lawyer for the Oslons, said that they were satisfied with the result and were confident that it would be upheld if appealed. He further said that Donnas Mesothelioma was at an advanced stage and that they were hoping for the best.
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The multinational corporation has said that it would appeal the verdict, citing significant legal and evidentiary errors during the trial. We deeply sympathize with anyone suffering from cancer, which is why the facts are so important. We remain confident that our talc is safe, asbestos free, and does not cause cancer, the company said.
Currently, the company faces more than 19,000 lawsuits from numerous consumers alleging that the product is contaminated with asbestos.
Nagpur News
Nagpur doctor invited as key speaker at Joint American Homeopathic Conference 2023 in US
Dr Kavita Chandak
Homeopath from Nagpur Dr Kavita Chandak, who has two Golden Book Of World Records for treating kidney disorders and success in a case of Mucor mycosis in her name, has been invited as a keynote speaker at the Joint American Homeopathic Conference 2023 based on the theme, Homeopathy in 21st century at San Antonio in United States.
In society, we get to see many cases where child born with mental or physical defects such as congenital heart defects, mental retardation, Down’s syndrome, Cleft palate, ADHD, Autism etc. though born from healthy parents. What could be the reason behind it?
Could homeopathy offer something for it? Dr. Chandak will deliver a 90 minutes session on March 26 on ‘Advancing a Healthier Generation with Homeopathy: Preventative measures for healthy birth and treatment approaches for unimpaired growth.’
She will throw light on the pre-birth causes in mother disturbing the birth of healthy baby creating mental and physical defects as well the preventive measures for initiating the creation of strong generation with Homeopathy.
Dr Chandak is an international trainer and speaker who has specialised in autism, psychiatric and behavioural disorders, kidney diseases and cancer. She has authored eight books and 294 health articles. She will be a keynote speaker in upcoming international congresses of Russia, Romania, Greece and the World Congress of Homeopathy, Colombia.
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Dipen Agrawal
Dr Dipen Agrawal, President – Chamber of Associations of Maharashtra Industry & Trade (CAMIT) has been nominated as member in Central Goods & Service Tax Grievance Redressal Committee (CGST GRC) Nagpur Zone.
At the outset Dr Dipen Agrawal while thanking Ramchandra Sankhla Chief Commissioner CGST, Vijay Rishi Commissioner Nagpur – 1 and Shri Abhay Kumar Commissioner Nagpur – 2 for giving representation to CAMIT in the recently reconstituted GRC for Nagpur Zone, said, the GRC has enabled revenue officers to have first-hand feedback on various policy initiatives undertaken by government. It also helped in ironing out the difficulties faced by trade in implementing provisions of GST, and to make GST a Grievance-free System of Taxation.
Dr Dipen Agrawal has appealed to fellow traders to forward/share their issues on [email protected] so as to get them addressed in the GRC Meetings. Active and quality participation of trade and professional associations in the committee will achieve the goals of resolving all grievances and issues faced by the tax collectors i.e. traders.
GRC is a platform to voice their grievances including procedural difficulties and IT related issues pertaining to GST and redressal at local level added Dr Agrawal.
Also read: NMC spends ₹20 crore on lighting trees for C20 in Nagpur
Ahead of the C20 meet, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has spent a staggering ₹20 crore on the lighting of trees on both sides of the roads of airport road, Wardha Road, Walker’s Street, airport road to RBI Square to name a few.
Also, over one lakh nails were hammered on 3000 trees for the installation of lights leaving several activists and residents irked. The C20 meet is scheduled for March 20 and 21 where hundreds of participants from 20 countries would be arriving in the city for a summit.
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Nagpur doctor invited as key speaker at Joint American Homeopathic Conference 2023 in US
CAMIT Chief Dipen Agrawal nominated as member in CGSTGRC Nagpur zone
NMC spends ₹20 crore on lighting trees for C20 in Nagpur
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