Ben Braly of Dean Omar Branham Shirley. Courtesy photo Talc Trial Opens in Connecticut: J&J 'Chose to Do the Wrong Thing'
Ben Braly, of Dean Omar Branham Shirley, told jurors in Connecticut's Bridgeport Judicial District Court on Wednesday that his client, plaintiff Evan Plotkin, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2021, at age 64, after a lifetime of using Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products.
September 11, 2024 at 03:36 PM
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Toxic Torts
What You Need to Know
- Dean Omar won three prior verdicts this year of $260 million, $63.4 million and $45 million in mesothelioma trials against Johnson & Johnson.
- Wednesday's talc trial is the first against J&J in Connecticut.
- J&J's attorney, Orrick partner Bill Oxley, told jurors Plotkin's mesothelioma was most likely due to his family history.
Johnson & Johnson, which is negotiating to settle thousands of talcum powder lawsuits tying its baby powder to ovarian cancer, was back in court on Wednesday in a trial involving another disease: mesothelioma.
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