Retrial Of Los Angeles Asbestos-Talc Case Gets Under Way

(September 12, 2019, 2:20 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — In a retrial of a case that originally produced a mistrial, a couple told a jury one of them suffers from mesothelioma after asbestos exposure caused by Johnson & Johnson baby powder.  But the company argues Sept. 10 that for the plaintiffs’ case to make sense, a multitude of independent entities testing the company’s product must have not known what they were doing or have participated a vast conspiracy (Carolyn Weirick v. Brenntag North America, et al., No. BC656425, Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co.). VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....

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