A Philadelphia jury awarded $5 million in potential damages Wednesday to a Utah woman, in what her attorneys say is the largest verdict for a fen-phen plaintiff alleging heart valve damage since the national multibillion-dollar class action settlement of fen-phen litigation in 1999. In the liability phase of the process, the jury will decide if defendant Wyeth Corp. must pay the damages. Wyeth's general counsel called the award "grossly excessive and unsupported by the evidence."
April 01, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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