(Bloomberg) -- A South Carolina jury failed to reach a verdict in a lawsuit claiming Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused a rare cancer linked to asbestos exposure.

Judge Jean Toal ordered a mistrial Thursday evening after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked in the lawsuit brought by the husband of lawyer Bertile Boyd-Bostic, who was 30 when she died of mesothelioma. The first trial on the claim also ended with a hung jury.

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