The juror who collapsed during the last Risperdal trial, and the plaintiff's expert's subsequent role in providing aid to the collapsed woman in front of the other jurors, provided sufficient reason for the entire jury to be excused, Janssen Pharmaceuticals argued in an effort to preserve a recent defense win.

Janssen said the court required no further questioning of jurors to determine that could no longer hear the case.

The drugmaker made the argument recently in the case Hibbs v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, which last month was tossed midtrial. The lawsuit was the latest to go to trial against Janssen over claims that the drugmaker failed to adequately warn about the connection between the antipsychotic drug Risperdal and gynecomastia, a condition that causes excessive and permanent breast tissue growth in boys and young men.