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

A Philadelphia jury awarded $500,000 in compensatory damages to a young man who claimed he grew female-like breasts after taking the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. The jury deliberated six hours before finding the manufacturers of Risperdal, Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a division of Johnson & Johnson), failed to warn health care providers and patients of a condition called gynecomastia which ca

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Philadelphia jury has awarded $1.75 million to a young man who claimed his taking the antipsychotic drug Risperdal caused him to grow female-like breasts. After only two-and-a-half hours of deliberation following a two week trial, the jury found that Risperdal, manufactured by Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a division of Johnson & Joh