Reuters Reports: Johnson & Johnson last Thursday won a lawsuit brought by the family of an 11-year-old girl who became blind after using the drug Children’s Motrin in 2003.
The jury voted 9-3 against liability, after a six week trial. Jurors decided that J&J had put a drug on the market known to cause sickness and illness, without warning customers, but also found that it had not been proved that Children’s Motrin caused the girl, Sabrina Johnson, to go blind.
Her family had sought almost a $1 billion in damages.
The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court had alleged that the company failed to label the over-the-counter pain reliever with a warning that it could lead to a rare, but potentially fatal allergic reaction with severe rash of the skin and mucous membranes.
Paperless Comment: Jury made their vote. Lawsuit is won. Damages of $1 billion haven’t been paid. But who is paying for Johnson & Johnson lawyers? I am sure they earned their money, even though at the end jury ruled case should be dismissed.
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