Another Mistrial in Zantac: Fourth Illinois Jury Fails to Award Damages

On Wednesday, a jury in Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois ended in a mistrial in a case against Zantac manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim, the second in the past two months.

September 19, 2024 at 07:46 PM

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Litigation

By Amanda Bronstad
staff reporter

The original version of this story was published on Law.com

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Another jury in the same courthouse handed a verdict last month to a separate Zantac manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline.
On May 23, an Illinois jury sided with both drug manufacturers in the first Zantac trial in the nation.
The first trial in California state courts is scheduled to begin with jury selection on Sept. 30 in Oakland's Alameda County Superior Court.

A fourth Chicago jury failed to award damages to cancer victims suing a manufacturer of over-the-counter heartburn medication Zantac, but the first trial in California is ramping up.

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