A Philadelphia jury has awarded $2.5 million to the plaintiff in the first of roughly 1,250 Risperdal mass-tort cases in the city’s courts.

After roughly a day-and-a-half of deliberations, the 12-member jury in Pledger v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals handed down the verdict in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Ramy I. Djerassi’s courtroom Tuesday afternoon. The verdict, agreed upon by 11 of the jurors, brought an end to the month-long trial.

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