After deliberating for five hours, a Philadelphia jury yesterday came back with an $8 million verdict against the manufacturer of fenfluramine, the fen in the fen-phen diet drug combination, and a doctor who prescribed it to a popular jazz musician who developed primary pulmonary hypertension from taking it.
Jazz artist Shirley Scott settled with American Home Products for an undisclosed amount of money before the start of the trial. Defendant Dr. Leonard Guinta filed a cross-claim against American Home.
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