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.
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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