A Philadelphia state-court jury deliberated a few minutes before deciding that Wyeth should pay $6 million as punishment for failing to warn Audrey Singleton, a retired school bus driver from Chatom, Alabama, of the risks of the drug. The jury ruled earlier today that the company owed Singleton and her husband $3.45 million in compensatory damages.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Pfizer - Prempro: “Wyeth’s conduct still was reckless and wanton.”
Pfizer Inc.’s Wyeth unit was ordered to pay $6 million in punitive damages to an Alabama woman who developed breast cancer after taking the company’s menopause drugs, bringing the total award in the case to $9.45 million.
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