coming up i was loyal to that product. on the whole story. i blame johnson & johnson baby powder. we have never confirmed a finding of asbestos in any product that has been sold. do you consider it an abuse of bankruptcy law? i do. i definitely do. welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. tonight, cnn chief investigative correspondent pamela brown brings us the story of three women in legal battles with one of the largest health care companies in the world over a commonly used household item they say is responsible for causing their cancers. that product is johnson & johnson talcm baby powder. for more than a century, the name johnson & johnson was sin onmm with baby powder. these are just three of tens of thousands of lawsuits johnson & johnson is facing over this product which was discontinued in the u.s. and canada in 2020. johnson & johnson staunchly denies these claims and you ll hear from them directly in this hour about their methodology and the
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People who have cases pending. at the core of these lawsuits against johnson & johnson is the allegation that there was asbestos in johnson s baby powder. what we hear from johnson & johnson s corporate representatives is similar to what we hear in johnson & johnson s public statements. and they have testified to juries that there was never asbestos in johnson s baby powder. this case was filed back in 2017. she gave days of deposition testimony. the first deposition, i was in the hospital, just came out of icu. how are you feeling today? quite tired, frustrated, and sick. it was hours. back on the record at 14:19. and there were a room full of
Afraid. you can t bring back a life, but you can show some kind of compassion, that you care what you ve done for me. i m going to be honest with you, i want to take that burden that they placed on me and hand it right back to them. that s yours to carry. as a result of the second bankruptcy filing, almost all of the trials jens johnson & johnson are once again on hold. the women you met in this hour, among thousands of plaintiffs who oppose johnson & johnson use in bankruptcy court to settle these lawsuits. join us next week, as we travel to san francisco, which has been plagued with issues of crime and drugs. what happened to san francisco? what happened to san francisco? find out next sunday. captions by vitac www.vitac.com
And specifically, there was some testing done by a group called patel, and we have one document showing in 1958 that patel found in johnson s baby powder trem aloid, and we have them describing it as fibrous, which is asbestos. here s a document, april 15th, 1969, johnson & johnson is talking about the dangers of needle-like tremoline, and it says we should consult the law department on that question. so johnson & johnson is at the center of it, so it is essential to hear from this lawyer who has been defending johnson & johnson in court. the first thing that is most