--A jury in Miami on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $9 million in a case which saw an 82-year-old woman allege she got cancer after using the company's baby powder, Bloomberg reported.

--Johnson & Johnson said it plans to appeal the liability finding and the damage award, the report said.

Full story: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-27/j-j-ordered-by-jury-to-pay-9-million-in-talc-cancer-case?utm_source=google&utm_medium=bd&cmpId=google&sref=cvDKYV7o

--Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 27, 2020 18:53 ET (23:53 GMT)

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