WEBVTT - Files Show J&J Ignored Talc Cancer Warnings (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>Now we're returning to Johnson and Johnson, which is defending

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<v Speaker 1>itself in more than five thousand suits across the US,

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<v Speaker 1>which blame its iconic baby powder products for causing women

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<v Speaker 1>to develop or varian cancer. And Bloomberg News has exclusively

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<v Speaker 1>learned about some unsealed memos and other documents in the

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<v Speaker 1>case joining US as Bloomberg News legal reporter Jeff Feely, Jeff,

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<v Speaker 1>tell us what you have discovered? Uh, in connection with

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<v Speaker 1>some of the existing cases in state court in St. Louis,

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<v Speaker 1>there were documents on sealed earlier this month that showed

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<v Speaker 1>that Johnson and Johnson News, stretching back to the nineteen seventies,

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<v Speaker 1>that there were trace amounts of asbestos in the talc

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<v Speaker 1>used and it's baby powder and other talcoum powder products.

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<v Speaker 1>The company has consistently maintained and maintained this day that

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<v Speaker 1>there's no asbestos in its baby powder or talk products

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<v Speaker 1>and never has been and never will be. Um this

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<v Speaker 1>could be a problem for j and Jay going forward.

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<v Speaker 1>This opens up a whole new avenue of cases tied

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<v Speaker 1>to the to the tow claims. Well, so, Jeff, what

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<v Speaker 1>what exactly is it? We're going to see happen in court.

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<v Speaker 1>Now with these documents coming out, Well, the Piloffs lawyers

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<v Speaker 1>are going to take these documents and they're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to get the judge to sign off on using them

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<v Speaker 1>as evidence, but they're gonna show they're going to use

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<v Speaker 1>them as evidence to basically impeach Johnson and Johnson. When

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<v Speaker 1>they come up and say our baby powder is safe

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<v Speaker 1>and asbestos free, they're gonna pull out these documents. They're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna say, you know, well, didn't you guys know back

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<v Speaker 1>in the nineties seventies that they were your people, internal documents,

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<v Speaker 1>Your own people were talking about trace amounts of asbestos

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<v Speaker 1>in the talcoum powder, used um in your baby powder.

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<v Speaker 1>And I might point out that some of that Talcoulm

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<v Speaker 1>powder comes from minds that J and J you owned,

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<v Speaker 1>not just got, you know, used as vendors. They own

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<v Speaker 1>the minds where the um testing on the talk was

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<v Speaker 1>turning up traces of asbestos. They're going to use that

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<v Speaker 1>in hopes of, you know, and hopes of convincing the

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<v Speaker 1>jury that this, you know, the tapam powder is and

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<v Speaker 1>unreasonably dangerous product, and that J and j knew so

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<v Speaker 1>and continued to sell it Jeff about thirty seconds left.

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<v Speaker 1>How has J and J been doing in the in

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<v Speaker 1>the trial? So far they have lost five out of

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<v Speaker 1>six trials and the damage amounts are increasing. The last

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<v Speaker 1>one in California generated a four and seventeen million dollar

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<v Speaker 1>birthdate against Johnson and Johnson. Well, thanks for joining us

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<v Speaker 1>on Bloomberg Law with this exclusive report about the J

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<v Speaker 1>and J case. That's Jeff Feely. He is a Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 1>News legal reporter.