LAWYERS for a California man who shared that he developed a rare cancer from exposure to asbestos in Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) talc-based baby powder has urged a jury to order the company to "pay heavy punitive damages" yesterday, calling its conduct "negligent" and "despicable", Reuters has reported.
"A reasonably careful corporation would not sell a product that allowed carcinogens to be applied to babies," Joseph Satterley, a lawyer for Emory Hernandez Valadez, said in a closing argument at the end of a six-week trial.
J&J denies that its now-discontinued talc contains asbestos or causes cancer.
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