By Mike Spector and Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson plans to pay an additional $1.1 billion to resolve tens of thousands of legal actions alleging its baby powder and other talc products caused cancer,

Tort lawyer Allen Smith now backs J&J’s settlement plan after the company raised its offer to roughly $9 billion.

Johnson Johnson has added $1.1 billion to its talc settlement, raising the total to over $9 billion. The healthcare giant aims to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging its talc products caused cancer.

The increase would bring the total size of the offer to more than $9 billion to resolve claims the New Brunswick-based health conglomerate’s talc-based products caused ovarian cancer.