Plaintiffs' attorneys trying the fen-phen diet-drug case in New Jersey last week followed the same game plan used successfully by lawyers for a Texas woman earlier this summer. They tried to show that American Home Products, the manufacturer of fenfluramine, marketed the drug without proper warnings about potentially deadly side effects. "Liability is liability," says one plaintiffs' attorney. "What worked in Texas ... will be effective in New Jersey."
August 23, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Plaintiffs’ attorneys trying the fen-phen diet-drug case in MiddlesexCounty last week followed the same game plan used successfully bylawyers for a Texas woman earlier this summer.
They tried to show that American Home Products, the manufacturer offenfluramine, marketed the drug without proper warnings aboutpotentially deadly side effects — in essence, making millions bykeeping the public ignorant.
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