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Pharmaceutical Company Seeks to Overturn $58 Million Judgment

Tuesday, 04 May 2010 09:57

Sadly, such a drug was the center of a recent Nevada defective drugs lawsuit in which three female plaintiffs were awarded a total of $58 million in damages.  The women had been taking a drug known as Prempro, which was used as a hormone replacement.  Tragically, all three of them contracted breast cancer after using the drug that is manufactured by Wyeth, which is now part of Pfizer.

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After the trial was completed, the jury came back with a damages award of $134.5 million.  However, the judge voided the $99 million of these damages that was designated as punitive damages and instructed the jury to reconsider that portion of the damages.  Ultimately, the jury returned with a total judgment of $58 million against Wyeth.  Not surprisingly, the drug company is appealing on several grounds, including:

• Error by the judge in how he managed the jury's deliberations regarding the separate types of damages
• Jurisdiction because the not all of the women lived in Nevada at the time
• Inflammatory rhetoric by the plaintiff's attorney when the salaries of Wyeth executives were discussed

Basically, the appeal of this sort of verdict should be seen as commonplace.  Two of the original plaintiffs in the case have since died, but that does not mean that their estates cannot collect the damages.

Contact a Nevada Defective Drugs Lawyer

If you or someone you love has been harmed by using a defective pharmaceutical drug, you need to contact a Nevada defective drugs lawyer who understands what it takes to ultimately force the defendants to adhere to the justice levied against them.  Contact Jack Bernstein & Associates today to schedule a free initial consultation.