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Civil Litigation

Jun. 29, 2023

J&J expert says plaintiff got mesothelioma spontaneously

After settling multiple lawsuits for $8.9 billion Johnson & Johnson is defending itself in San Francisco against a single plaintiff who said its baby powder exposed him to asbestos, causing the disease.

The former director of the Center for Advanced Lung Disease at Stanford University told an Alameda County jury Wednesday that he believed the plaintiff suing Johnson & Johnson for allegedly exposing him to asbestos through its baby powder developed mesothelioma “spontaneously.”

Johnson & Johnson’s trial team, led by Allison M. Brown of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, is defending against claims that its products that con...

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