(FOX 9) - Johnson & Johnson reached a $700 million settlement with several states, including Minnesota, regarding a lawsuit alleging the use of deceptive marketing for talcum-based powder products.

A man in Maine is suing pharmeceutical giant Johnson & Johnson for $25 million over the death of his wife, claiming that use of its “dangerous and defective” talcum powder caused her death.

Two attempts by Johnson & Johnson to resolve approximately 60,000 talcum powder lawsuits through bankruptcy courts have crumbled because the company could not show that the subsidiaries it erected ...