Litigation
Oct. 6, 2011
Jury awards $48.2 million to Motrin user
A Los Angeles jury granted what may be the largest verdict in the United States for a single plaintiff in a product liability lawsuit against a drug manufacturer on Monday in a case involving the makers of Motrin.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury awarded a 22-year-old man $48.2 million in damages as a result of a severe skin condition that he said was caused by the pain reliever Motrin.
The jury found Johnson & Johnson and its consumer health care division McNeil-PPC Inc. liable for Christopher Trejo's rare disease after a six-and-a-half week trial and five days of deliberations. Christopher...
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