Consumer Cause, Inc. v. Johnson & Johnson

Opinion

ARMSTRONG, J.

This is a Proposition 65 (Health & Saf. Code, § 25249.5 et seq.) 1 case brought by a private organization called Consumer Cause, Inc., against a number of manufacturers of stainless steel surgical stents and similar implantable surgical devices. 2 The complaints alleged that the devices were composed of nickel and nickel compounds, chemicals known to the state to cause cancer, and that the manufacturers had failed to warn consumers of the exposures, thus violating section 25249.6, which provides that “[n]o person in the course of doing business shall knowingly and…