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Accutane News Roundup
The news articles rolled in after Seeger Weiss secured an enormous victory for a victim of Accutane.
Associated Press (via ABC): “NJ Jury Awards $25M to Ala. Man in Accutane Suit”
A New Jersey jury has hit the pharmaceutical company that makes Accutane with a $25.16 million judgment…
National Law Journal – “This Time Roche’s Loss to Accutane Suit Is Big, Real Big”
“This drug is awful, and the warnings were inadequate. [Roche] warned about things like pregnancy and those problems, but everything else they really ignored,” said Christopher Seeger of New York’s Seeger Weiss, one of four plaintiffs’ firms that is handling the scores of Accutane lawsuits. The others are Hook Bolton, Beggs & Lane, and Levin Papantonio — all in Pensacola, Fla.
Seeger Weiss wins $25.16 million for Accutane victim
This week Seeger Weiss scored another victory against Accutane, a powerful anti-acne medication that has been linked to several serious side effects, including inflammatory bowel disorder.
On Monday, a nine-person New Jersey jury has found that pharmaceutical maker Hoffman-La Roche Inc. failed to provide an adequate warning of the possible condition to Andrew McCarrell’s prescribing physician, which then led to his development of chronic IBD. Mr. McCarrell, who was 23 at time he took Accutane, developed a severe case of IBD and later had his colon removed. The jury awarded compensatory damages of $25.16 million to Andy, now in his thirties.
Hoffman-La Roche faces as many as 800 cases around the country. Seeger Weiss has won 5 consecutive verdicts against Roche since 2005.
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