A plaintiff in a Houston state district court recently scored the first jury award in the nation against drug manufacturers accused of selling an allegedly faulty drug patch designed to control pain.

The family of Michaelynn Thompson sued Alza Corp. and Janssen Pharmaceutica Products, subsidiaries of the Johnson & Johnson Corp., alleging Thompson died from using the Duragesic patch.

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