J&J Trial Over Cancer Tied to Baby Powder Deadlocked Again
- South Carolina jury couldn’t reach unanimous verdict on claim
- Family of dead lawyer blamed baby powder use for her cancer
Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder.
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A South Carolina jury failed to reach a verdict in the second trial of a lawsuit claiming Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused a rare cancer linked to asbestos exposure.
Judge Jean Toal ordered a mistrial Thursday evening after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked 11-1 in the lawsuit brought by the husband of lawyer Bertile Boyd-Bostic, who died at age 30 of mesothelioma. The first trial on the claim in May also ended with a hung jury.