Colgate-Palmolive Co. held onto a trial win in a suit alleging a woman developed mesothelioma caused by years of using Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder contaminated with asbestos (Alfaro v. Imerys Talc Am. Inc., 2017 BL 299704, Cal. Ct. App., 2d Dist., B277284, unpublished 8/25/17).
A trial court properly held that an expert’s analysis of vintage powder containers couldn’t be used to prove the powder Elizabeth Alfaro had applied was tainted, the California Court of Appeal, Second District, said in an unpublished Aug. 25 opinion.
Colgate-Palmolive faces 174 suits in state and federal courts by individuals alleging certain talcum ...
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