How often have you thought about the ingredients of the products you use, such as makeup, perfume, or even deodorant that is absorbed into your skin on a daily basis?
Most people associate asbestos claims of exposure with work environments or while performing home remodeling, shadetree mechanic work, or handling insulation on pipes or heavy equipment, such as boilers.
Fewer people associate asbestos with baby powder, talcum powder, or makeup, or that the use of these products could be dangerous or fatally toxic.
CLM member Kasia Nowak, who is a partner at Foley Mansfield in Chicago, certainly understands this. She walks us through one of her most-memorable claims, which involved claims of asbestos exposure.
To set the stage, the plaintiff was an elder mesothelioma patient who alleged that the use of talcum powder products throughout her life caused her disease.
