Washington received a $123.3 million lump sum payment from Johnson & Johnson due to a lawsuit over the drug manufacturer’s role in the opioid crisis, the state attorney general’s office announced Tuesday.

PORTLAND (WGME) -- Millions of dollars could be coming to Maine now that settlement has been reached with Johnson and Johnson. Forty-two states sued Johnson and Johnson for marketing its baby powder products as "safe," even though those products contained talc, which is now known to be a carcinogen.

The state says for decades, Johnson & Johnson marketed talc products to women and teenage girls as safe even though studies showed otherwise.

Johnson & Johnson will pay $700 million to settle a lawsuit by dozens of states that accused the pharmaceutical industry giant of intentionally misleading customers about the safety of its talc-based baby powder,

Ohio will receive about $27.7 million as its share of a $700 million multistate settlement with Johnson & Johnson regarding the company’s marketing of its talc baby products. The states alleged Johnson & Johnson marketed its talc baby and body powders as safe,

Johnson & Johnson will pay $700 million to settle a major lawsuit over its talc baby powder. The settlement approved and filed in court on Tuesday comes after more than 40 state attorneys general sued the company,

Nevada will share in a $700 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over deceptive marketing of baby powder and other products, according to Attorney General Aaron D. Ford's office.

Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $700 million to settle a lawsuit by 42 U.S. states and Washington D.C. alleging it misled consumers about the safety of its baby powder made with talc. A recent study found use of talc is linked to ovarian cancer.

Johnson & Johnson stopped distributing and selling the products claimed to contain talcum powder in the U.S. in 2020.

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $700 million as settlement for charges filed by 42 states and Washington DC.