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Litigation

Oct. 22, 2016

Plaintiffs for cases alleging cancer-causing baby powder allowed extremis depositions

Attorney Mark P. Robinson wants to make sure his clients who said they got cancer from Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. baby powder get their day in court before it is too late.

By Justin Kloczko
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES — In an effort to expedite hundreds of lawsuits by women claiming pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson Services Inc. sold cancer-causing talcum powder, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge is allowing plaintiffs' counsel to take extremis depositions of its clients who are dying from cancer.

Judge Lisa Hart Cole allowed plaintiffs' liaison counsel Mark P. Robinson ...

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