The Associated Press, "Settlement Reached in Mississippi FenPhen Case"

         Hours after a jury awarded $150 million to five people who claimed their health problems could be traced to the diet drug cocktail known as fen-phen, the drugmaker said it settled the case for an undisclosed sum Tuesday. The settlement between American Home Products and the plaintiffs came as the jury deliberated punitive damages.

          With the settlement, the judge set aside the $150 million in compensatory damages. "At least now we can get the proper health care that we need. It hurt to know the company was saying we weren't sick," said Vinester Williams, 35, who wept after the verdict was read earlier. "It was unbelievable that we were treated the way we were."