BADER v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON

No. A158868.

86 Cal.App.5th 1094 (2022)

SUSAN JEAN BADER, as Representative, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

December 23, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Naomi J. Scotten, Robert M. Loeb, Upnit K. Bhatti, Jeffrey T. Quilici; King & Spalding, Alexander G. Calfo, Paul R. Johnson and Susan V. Vargas for Defendants and Appellants Johnson & Johnson and Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Fred A. Rowley, Jr.; Munger, Tolles & Olson, Jeffrey Y. Wu, Matthew K. Donohue, Anne K. Conley, Maggie Thompson; Foley & Mansfield, Gary D. Sharp, Peter M. Mularczyk; Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Darin McAtee for Defendant and Appellant Colgate-Palmolive Company.

Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood, Joseph D. Satterley, Denyse F. Clancy, Ian A. Rivamonte and Michael T. Stewart for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

Patricia Schmitz asserted causes of action for strict products liability, negligence, and fraud against defendants, alleging that their cosmetic talc products were contaminated with asbestos and that her exposure thereto caused her mesothelioma.1 A jury returned a special verdict in...

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