A plaintiff in a Texas state court suit recently scored the first jury award in the nation against manufacturers of a drug patch designed to control pain. The family of Michaelynn Thompson sued Alza Corp. and Janssen Pharmaceutical Products, subsidiaries of the Johnson & Johnson Corp., alleging Thompson died from using a faulty Duragesic patch that released too much pain reliever into her body. A jury found there was a defect in the patch and returned a $772,500 verdict in the wrongful death suit.
July 24, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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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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