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Aug. 2, 2017

String of sustained objections interrupt toxicologist’s testimony on talc

A toxicologist testifying for a dying plaintiff who says Johnson & Johnson baby powder caused her ovarian cancer had one statement after another stricken from the record on Tuesday as the expert witness disagreed with the premise of the lead defense attorney’s lines of questioning.

String of sustained objections interrupt toxicologist’s testimony on talc

LOS ANGELES — A toxicologist testifying for a dying plaintiff who says Johnson & Johnson baby powder caused her ovarian cancer had one statement after another stricken from the record on Tuesday as the expert witness disagreed with the premise of the lead defense attorney’s lines of questioning.

On re-cross examination, Laura Plunkett spent the afternoon retreading old ground with Bart H. Williams, a partner at Proskauer Rose L...

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