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Civil Litigation

Aug. 8, 2017

Talc plaintiff’s expert witness says he changed his views

The Johnson & Johnson defense team painted the disease expert as having formed his after being hired by plaintiff’s lawyers to testify.

LOS ANGELES — Week three of the Johnson & Johnson talc powder trial opened Monday, as the company’s defense team painted the plaintiff’s disease expert as only having formed his opinion that talc could cause cancer after being hired by plaintiff’s lawyers to testify against the company.

Epidemiologist Jack Siemiatycki agreed with Proskauer Rose defense attorney Manuel Cachán during cross-examination in the Los Angeles Superior C...

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