Successes
Johnson & Johnson is out of options after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the pharmaceutical company’s appeal of a $70 million Risperdal verdict. In the cas...- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has denied Johnson & Johnson’s request to overturn the $70 million Risperdal verdict upheld by a Superior court panel of judges last ...
A Pennsylvania Superior Court has rejected Johnson & Johnson’s appeal of a 2016 $70 million verdict awarded to a 20 year-old Tennessee man, Andrew Yount (A.Y.) who ...- In a 6 to 1 decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court opened the door for thousands of pending Risperdal injury cases to proceed to trial. The seven-justice court ruled th...
In another win for plaintiffs injured by Risperdal, a Pennsylvania appellate court reversed a trial courts decision to grant the defendants motion for nonsuit, mid-trial....
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld the 2015 $2.5 million Risperdal verdict for plaintiff Austin Pledger. Pledger's case was the first Risperdal case to go to tria...
After years of litigation and several court losses for harm caused by Risperdal, Johnson & Johnson’s legal team agreed to settle the suit of a young boy from Mississippi who claims he developed female-like breasts after taking the drug Risperdal. The plaintiff began taking Risperdal in 2004 after he was tentatively diagnosed with bipolar disorder. J&J has long claimed the condition,
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Arnold L. New has ordered two Risperdal cases to proceed in a new trial for punitive damages. In both cases, causation and compensatory damage were already awarded the plaintiffs– Stange v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals ($500,000) and Murray v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals ($1.75M later reduced to $680,000). Judge New previously ruled in agreement with Janssenâ€
Super Lawyers has again recognized the attorneys of Sheller P.C. in 2018. Founder Stephen A. Sheller has been selected by the organization for the fifteenth consecutive year. Attorney Jamie L. Sheller have been awarded the honor multiple years, including 2018. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas across the country, representing those who have
In a significant ruling by the Pennsylvania Superior Court, Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), will now face punitive damages in Risperdal mass tort suits. A previous Philadelphia trial court ruling prohibited punitive damages. Boys and young men who developed gynecomastia, female-like breasts, from taking the antipsychotic drug and whose cases had already been tried will
Sheller PC's $70 Million Risperdal win hits #1 on the Top 50 Verdicts in Pennsylvania in 2016. In the case A.Y., Pro Ami v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a jury found for an autistic Tennessee boy who grew female-like breasts after taking the antipsychotic drug Rispderal. The unprecedented $70 Million verdict in damages for physical disfigurement and emotional distress exceeds the verdict in fo