Jurors heard opening statements Thursday in a Fulton County case accusing Johnson & Johnson of marketing talc-based baby powder that caused a woman to die from ovarian cancer decades after she began using the product as a teen.

The trial, expected to run for two weeks, opened one day after a New Jersey jury slammed the company with a $37.3 million verdict over claims its talcum powder caused four people to develop mesothelioma. Johnson & Johnson asked for a mistrial in that case after the judge struck its closing arguments.

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