Mealey's (June 6, 2019, 10:46 AM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — Plaintiffs told a California jury on June 4 that companies went to great lengths to remove asbestos from a product that they claim didn’t contain asbestos, all the while ignoring that a legitimately safer alternative existed in the form of corn starch. But on June 5, Colgate-Palmolive Inc. told the jury that there is no evidence that the plaintiff was exposed to asbestos and that their talc products do not cause mesothelioma (Schmitz v Johnson & Johnson, No. RG18923615, Calif. Super., Alameda Co.). VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....