Latest HRT trial under way
Proceedings have started in the latest bellwether trial in hormone replacement therapy mass tort litigation in state court in Pennsylvania. Cheryl Foust, 56, of Abingdon, Ind., died in 2005 after...
View ArticlePrempro litigation slugfest continues
The Prempro litigation in Philadelphia is turning into a Rocky-style slugfest, with both sides vowing to continue fighting it out in court. With each side claiming a victory this week, the litigation...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court allows HRT suits to proceed
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by several drug makers seeking to halt lawsuits brought by dozens of women who claim their hormone replacement therapy treatments caused breast...
View ArticleSmall firm turns the tide on Prempro litigation
In the ongoing mass tort over the hormone replacement therapy drug Prempro, two small firms recently teamed up to break the defense winning streak in the trials. A small law firm in Miami and a solo...
View ArticleWyeth’s marketing efforts admissible in Prempro case
Evidence of Wyeth’s marketing campaign for “off-label” Prempro uses was admissible in a product liability case brought by a woman who contracted breast cancer after taking the drug, a Pennsylvania...
View ArticlePa. court reinstates $28M punitive award in HRT case
A $28 million award of punitive damages was not unconstitutionally excessive in a product liability case brought by a woman who contracted breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy drugs,...
View ArticleWoman wins $4 million in Prempro breast cancer trial
A 65-year-old elementary school principal has won a $4 million verdict in Connecticut federal court against the maker of the menopause drug Prempro for causing her breast cancer. The plaintiff will...
View ArticleJury awards $5 million in HRT-breast cancer case
A woman who developed breast cancer after taking combination hormone therapy drugs including Premarin, Provera and Prempro for 15 years won a $5 million award against drug companies Wyeth and Upjohn...
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