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First Quarter 1999 Personal Injury Law News & Recall
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| September 30, 1999 |
Facts
on File, "Jury
Awards $ 23.3 Million in Fen/Phen Suit; Other
Developments" |
A
Texas jury August 6 ordered American Home Products
Corp. to pay $ 23.3 million in damages to a woman
who claimed that the company had failed to warn
doctors and patients of a risk of heart damage
from a diet drug it sold until, September 30,
1999 1997. More... |
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| August 7, 1999 |
The
New York Times, "$23
Million Awarded in Suit Against Maker of
Diet Drug" |
In
the first verdict among thousands of cases pending
across the country against makers of the diet
pills popularly known as fen-phen, an East Texas
jury today awarded more than $23 million to a
woman who said she suffered heart damage after
taking the drugs to lose weight. More... |
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| July 7, 1999 |
The
Hartford Courant (Connecticut), "Two
Diet Drugs, In A Combination Called Fen-Phen,
May Have Caused Severe, Even Fatal, Heart
Damage; Deadly Duo" |
Bruce
Cooper noticed a co-worker had lost weight. He
looked good, and Cooper wondered how he did it. More... |
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