Calif. Jury Reaches Defense Verdict in Asbestos Case Involving Colgate-Palmolive’s Cashmere Bouquet

LOS ANGELES –– A California jury has reached a defense verdict at the conclusion of an asbestos trial involving Colgate-Palmolive Co.’s Cashmere Bouquet talc product, rejecting the plaintiff’s claims that exposure to asbestos in the talcum powder caused her to develop mesothelioma.

Judge C. Edward Simpson of the California Superior Court for Los Angeles County presided over the trial, which ended in a verdict on July 21. The trial lasted nine days and the jury deliberated for three hours before reaching a defense verdict, sources told HarrisMartin.

Plaintiff Esther Nosse asserted the claims, contending that she used Cashmere Bouquet …