California Courts of Appeal
Feb. 28, 2013
Appellate court won't reinstate Pfizer verdict
A biomedical research nonprofit has failed in its effort to have a $58 million verdict against Pfizer Inc. reinstated.
By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A biomedical research nonprofit has failed in its effort to have a $58 million verdict against Pfizer Inc. reinstated. The 6th District Court of Appeal upheld the trial court's decision to vacate the verdict for lack of evidence.
Prominent plaintiffs lawyer Mark Geragos of Geragos & Geragos, who represented the nonprofit, had argued the trial judge engaged in "clear and manifest abuse of discretion" when he vacated the award a...
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