The record
A California appellate court affirmed judgment notwithstanding the verdict for the parent company but partially reversed as to the consumer subsidiary in a talc-ovarian cancer case.
Claim scope
A published state appellate decision on duty to warn and causation in talc litigation; the opinion engages the epidemiological standard-of-proof literature, citing In re Joint Eastern & Southern Dist. Asbestos Lit., 52 F.3d 1124, 1134 (2d Cir. 1995) as 'declining to set standard mortality ratio "floor" as a matter of law.'
What this source does not establish
It does not find that talc contains asbestos or causes ovarian cancer; the outcome is split and largely defense-favorable as to the parent. This is an ovarian-cancer case, a distinct causation question from mesothelioma.
Limitations
Both reporter cites DIRECTLY INDEXED in CourtListener.
Source
Case Citation — Echeverria v. Johnson & Johnson, 37 Cal. App. 5th 292, 249 Cal. Rptr. 3d 642 (2019)