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Civil Litigation

Aug. 14, 2017

Former cosmetics review director cross-examined on industry influence

Johnson & Johnson defense witness cross-examined on cosmetic industry influence in not classifying talc-cancer link.

Former cosmetics review director cross-examined on industry influence
WILLIAMS

LOS ANGELES — Was a determination by a cosmetics review panel that talc is safe unethically influenced by the cosmetic industry?

That’s what Mississippi plaintiff’s attorney Allen Smith tried to get the jury to see during cross-examination of a defense witness Friday in the bellwether trial claiming Johnson & Johnson should have warned customers about a link between its baby powder and ovarian cancer.

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