Jury awards $10.5 million in Accutane injury case.
A New Jersey state-court jury awarded a 24-year-old woman $10.5 million in a case involving acne medication Accutane, one of 425 against Hoffmann-LaRoche alleging that the drug causes inflammatory-bowel disease, "The Wall Street Journal" reported April 23. Plaintiffs have won all three cases that have gone to...

Judge reduces awards in Wyeth case.
Citing concerns that "passion and prejudice" inflated the verdict, a U.S. judge slashed a record $134 million judgment awarded to three Nevada women by a jury that decided a drug made by the giant pharmaceutical company Wyeth caused their breast cancer, Associated Press reported Feb. 20. Washoe...

Texas, NJ courts scrap Vioxx verdicts.
Appeals courts in New Jersey and Texas scrapped verdicts against Merck stemming from some of the earliest trials involving Vioxx, The Associated Press reported May 29. A Texas court reversed a $26 million verdict against the drug company stemming from the first trial. The court found no...

Faulty transfer: femoral head dislodged.
The patient went to a skilled nursing facility for rehab after hip surgery. In a transfer from his bed to a chair by two facility employees his leg was bent and twisted underneath him, dislodging the femoral head of his hip prosthesis. The damage was discovered two...

Issues about MRSA in cardiac catheterization case.
ON JUNE 2, 2002, VIRGINIA CRIST WAS ADMITTED TO ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL FOR HEART BY-PASS SURGERY. Dr. David Dean performed the surgery. After surgery, it was determined that Virginia had contracted Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). On June 2, 2004, Virginia filed suit against Dr. Dean, the...

Merck resolves Vioxx cases with 29 states and D.C.; appeals court overturns $7.75 million verdict.
Merck said May 20 that it has reached civil settlements with Attorneys General from 29 states and the District of Columbia to fully resolve investigations under state consumer protection laws related to past activities for Vioxx. As part of the civil resolution of these investigations, Merck has...

Leeds, Colby & Paris: Ex-Wife of Cuban Spy Awarded $20 Million In Punitive Damages; Grand Total Awarded Exceeds $27 Million.
MIAMI, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- At a Miami-Dade Circuit Court hearing today, the Honorable Alan Postman granted a motion to amend his final judgement in the case of Ana Margarita Martinez against the Republic of Cuba (case number 99-18208 CA-20) awarding $20 million for punitive damages. The...

Jury Returns $43 Million Compensatory Damages Verdict in Rezulin Drug Trial; To Deliberate Punitive Damages Figure This Afternoon.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- A Corpus Christi jury returned a $43 million compensatory damages verdict today against pharmaceutical manufacturer Warner-Lambert in a case involving the diabetes drug Rezulin, announced Mike Papantonio, attorney for the plaintiff. The jury will deliberate on punitive damages this afternoon. Papantonio...

Settlement Reached in Rezulin Drug Case; Pfizer Makes Offer Before Jury Returns with Punitive Damages Figure.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Hours after being handed a $43 million compensatory damages verdict and while awaiting a jury's deliberation on a second figure for punitive damages, Pfizer settled its case with a Texas woman whose liver was seriously damaged by the company's diabetes drug, Rezulin. "Despite...

Warner-Lambert CEO Dumped $56 Million in Stock Day before Drug Pulled by FDA, Plaintiff's Attorneys Showed; Jury, After Awarding $43 Million in Compensatory Damages, Continues to Deliberate on Punitive Damages.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- A Texas jury has returned a $43 million verdict in compensatory damages against Pfizer, Inc., for damages related to the taking of the diabetic drug Rezulin. The jury is expected to return a verdict for punitive damages later this afternoon. Rezulin...