Litigation
Feb. 2, 2017
First California trial set in talcum powder litigation
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has granted a preference trial to a woman who said she developed cancer from talcum powder sold by Johnson & Johnson Services Inc., the first case of many to go to trial in the state.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES — A woman dying from cancer allegedly developed from using talcum powder sold by Johnson & Johnson Services Inc. will be the first of more than 300 plaintiffs to go to trial in California after a superior court judge on Monday granted her an expedited trial.
The July 3 trial date comes as doctors say the woman, 62-year-old Eva Echeverria, has five ...
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