J&J Brings Big Law Firepower for Talc Trials
Facing trials in Missouri and Los Angeles, Johnson &amp Johnson has called on lawyers from Sidley Austin and Dechert to fight claims that prolonged use of its baby powder caused women to get ovarian cancer.
June 08, 2017 at 10:13 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
To combat its growing talcum powder problem, Johnson & Johnson has expanded its team of lawyers to fight a two-front battle.
On the heels of last month's $110 million jury verdict, jury selection began on Monday in the sixth talcum powder trial in Missouri. A separate trial is set to begin in Los Angeles in early July.
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In Missouri, Johnson & Johnson is leaning on two attorneys, Debra Pole of Sidley Austin and James T. Smith at Blank Rome, in addition to longtime lead counsel Mark Hegarty of Shook, Hardy & Bacon.
They're facing off against Ted Meadows, principal at Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles in Montgomery, Alabama, and R. Allen Smith of The Smith Law Firm in Ridgeland, Mississippi—a plaintiffs' team that so far has secured jury verdicts in Missouri totaling roughly $300 million in cases alleging that prolonged use of its baby powder and Shower to Shower products caused women to get ovarian cancer.
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