Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $18 million to a man who said he got cancer from baby powder. But these cases are on hold after LTL Management, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, filed for bankruptcy in April. The six-week trial for Valdez's case was the exception, and is the first in two years involving these allegations against Johnson & Johnson. Johnson & Johnson stopped selling talc-based baby powder in 2020, offering a cornstarch-based version instead. Lawyers for Valadez and Johnson & Johnson did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.

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Persons: Johnson, Anthony Hernandez Valadez's, he's, Anthony, Emory, Hernandez Valadez, Michael Kaplan, Valadez, Joe Satterley, Satterley, Erik Haas, who've, Johnson's Haas, LTL Organizations: Service, Johnson, LTL Management, Valadez Locations: Wall, Silicon, California, Johnson, New Jersey