Jury: J&J not liable in Motrin suit

Reuters
Posted: July 17th, 2008 by Steve Trinward

“A Malibu, California, jury found Johnson & Johnson not liable on Thursday in a $1 billion lawsuit involving an 11 year-old girl who claimed she was blinded after using the drug Children’s Motrin. The painkiller is made by Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil consumer healthcare unit. The jury voted 9-3 against liability, after a six week trial. Jurors found for the plaintiffs in seven of eight issues but decided that the ninth — that Children’s Motrin caused the injury to the girl, Sabrina Johnson — was not proved. ‘There will be no award,’ Browne Green, an attorney for the plaintiffs told reporters.” (07/17/08)

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