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Product Liability

Oct. 21, 2015

Date set for failure-to-warn trial over antipsychotic drugs

The first of more than 3,200 coordinated failure to warn cases against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals over antipsychotics Risperdal and Invega will take place June 13, 2016 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, attorneys said Monday. Plaintiffs allege the drugs caused the development of breasts in men and boys.

By America Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The first trial of more than 3,200 coordinated failure-to- warn cases against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. for the antipsychotics Risperdal and Invega will take place June 13, 2016 before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William F. Highberger, attorneys said Monday.

Plaintiffs allege that the drugs, prescribed for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in adults b...

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