Before they started their opening statements for the wrongful death product liability trial in Augusta against Johnson & Johnson over talc-based powder, the lawyers asked the jury one question.

“Is it OK if I take off my mask?” asked both plaintiffs’ counsel John Bevis of the Barnes Law Group in Marietta and J&J defense attorney Kenneth Reilly of Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s Miami office.

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