Schizophrenia drug Risperdal. Photo: Bloomberg
Lawyers and legal experts list a host of reasons for larger jury awards such as the $8 billion Risperdal verdict, including evolving societal norms, changes in the plaintiffs bar and the actions of defendants.
October 18, 2019 at 04:00 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.com
The $8 billion Risperdal verdict earlier this month against Johnson & Johnson raised an increasingly common question: What convinces jurors to come back with such stratospheric awards?
The answer is not that simple. Lawyers and legal experts list a host of reasons: evolving societal norms, changes in the plaintiffs bar and the actions of defendants.
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