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Civil Litigation

Sep. 14, 2018

Jury asked to deliver nearly $30 million in talc lung cancer case

A state court jury in Pasadena was asked Thursday to deliver a $29.2 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson for selling baby powder plaintiff’s attorneys said increased a woman’s exposure to mesothelioma — the fourth such case in Los Angeles County in less than a year.

A state court jury in Pasadena was asked Thursday to deliver a $29.2 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson for selling baby powder plaintiff's attorneys said increased a woman's exposure to mesothelioma -- the fourth such case in Los Angeles County in less than a year.

The negligence lawsuit is the sixth in the country to head to trial over cosmetic use of the product but differs from the seminal bellwether verdicts in St....

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