The court found the well-known American company to be guilty of Nicholas Murray's gynecomastia, who had been taking the drug manufactured by Johnson & Johnson for several years. The breast has grown - pay!
Large corporations make colossal money selling products all over the world. However, if misfires happen, then they suffer in a big way. Johnson & Johnson was found guilty in court proceedings. According to the plaintiff, he had been taking a drug produced by this company for 5 years, which caused harm to his health. The man did not receive proper warning about the risks associated with the use of the drug, which led to dire consequences.
The antipsychotic drug Risperdal, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, which is used to treat bipolar disorder, according to the plaintiff, then caused gynecomastia - an enlargement of the mammary glands. This side effect was not mentioned in the annotation to the drug, otherwise a similar drug would have been found without the risk of such complications.
The lawsuit against the company was filed long ago, and in 2015, a jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $ 1.75 million in compensation. Later, the amount was reduced to 680 thousand dollars. But after the appeal, another trial took place, according to the new decision of which the plaintiff will receive a record $ 8 billion.
Johnson & Johnson, of course, denies these allegations and is trying to appeal the latest jury decision, calling the amount of compensation unreasonably high. According to experts, if the company does not succeed, the boys taking Risperdal will line up to sue the manufacturers for a billion or two for the harm caused to their health.
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