After an hour of deliberation Friday and four weeks of trial, a Philadelphia jury will continue its work today in a lawsuit over whether drugmaker Wyeth's hormonal drug caused an Alabama plaintiff's breast cancer. An attorney for the plaintiffs alleged during closing arguments that Wyeth was negligent in "experimenting" on "grandmothers" because of its failure to adequately warn doctors and patients of the increased risk of breast cancer from using its hormone replacement therapy drugs, including Prempro.
February 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
After an hour of deliberation Friday and four weeks of trial, a Philadelphia jury will continue its work today in a lawsuit over whether drugmaker Wyeth’s hormonal drug caused an Alabama plaintiff’s breast cancer.
The verdict in Singleton v. Wyeth will either continue or disrupt the run of jury verdicts in favor of plaintiffs in Philadelphia hormone-replacement therapy cases. There are 1,500 HRT mass tort cases pending in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court.
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