Fox, 62, of Birmingham, Ala., died in 2015, about four months before her trial was held in St. Louis Circuit Court. She was among 65 plaintiffs — of whom only two were from Missouri — who joined in the lawsuit. A jury in February 2016 awarded her $10 million in actual damages and $62 million in punitive damages.

It was the nation’s first verdict in which a jury awarded damages over claims that talc contributed to cancer. Fox said in her petition that she used Johnson & Johnson products containing talcum powder for more than 25 years. The trial was the first of four multimillion-dollar verdicts against Johnson & Johnson.

Johnson & Johnson, a health care giant based in New Brunswick, N.J., has maintained that its products are safe. Talcum powder is made from talc, a mineral.

Plaintiffs who’ve gone to trial here in subsequent claims against Johnson & Johnson were from California, South Dakota, Tennessee and Virginia. All but one prevailed; Johnson & Johnson appealed all of the verdicts.