Pfizer Loses Another Prempro Case and Must Pay $45Million Dollars
Filled under All Postings, Recovering Damages on January 5, 2012 - no comments .A panel of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that “There was sufficient evidence of gross negligence and willful and wanton misconduct to support imposition of punitive damages,” against Pfizer and units Wyeth and Pharmacia & Upjohn. As a result, Pfizer must pay more than $45 million in damages to Connie Barton and Donna Kendall. The court noted that while the amount of punitive damages was large, it “correlated with the enormity of the defendants’ wrongs, their clear liability and the devastating impact on the plaintiff,” according to the court’s decision.
Both women developed breast cancer after taking combination estrogen and progesterone products manufactured by the defendants.
The decision comes on the heels of a $76.4 million dollar verdict against Pfizer’s units Wyeth and Phamacia & Upjohn in favor of three women who developed breast cancer after Pfizer’s menopausal drugs, Premarin, Prempro and Provera.
Connie J. Barton v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., 694 EDA 2010, Superior Court of Pennsylvania; Donna Kendall v. Wyeth Inc., 936 EDA 2010, Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
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