Parties Fire Opening Salvos In Barbershop Asbestos-Talc Case

(March 16, 2020, 2:08 PM EDT) -- NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A New Jersey jury on March 13 continued to hear evidence from two plaintiffs who claim that they were exposed to asbestos in consumer talc products encountered in salons and barbershops.  But the company told the jury that the individuals don’t suffer from mesothelioma, but from different diseases unrelated to asbestos (Lashley v. American Industries Inc., et al., No. L-7336-16, N.J. Super., Middlesex Co.)....

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