J&J, Costco Settle Lawsuits Over Recalled Sunscreen

J&J, Costco Settle Lawsuits Over Recalled Sunscreen
Johnson & Johnson’s Neutrogena Cool Dry Sport sunscreen, sits on a shelf at a store in Gloucester, Mass., on July 15, 2021. Brian Snyder/Reuters
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Johnson & Johnson and Costco Wholesale Corp have reached a tentative agreement to settle lawsuits over the presence of a cancer-causing substance in several recalled J&J sunscreen products.

Lawyers for the companies and for plaintiffs suing over the Neutrogena and Aveeno-branded aerosol sunscreen products disclosed the settlement in a court filing in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida federal court on Friday, without revealing its terms.