Texas plaintiffs lawyers say some of the terms of the $3.75 billion national settlement for users of the diet-drug combination fen-phen are too lean and plan to opt out en masse.

Lawyers who object to the settlement say while the medical monitoring plan for fen-phen users who don’t show any symptoms yet is good in some ways, the compensation plan for injured class members is woefully inadequate.

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