Sheller hits #1 Top 50 Verdicts in Pennsylvania for 2016
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 […]
Jury Awards $500,000 in Risperdal Trial
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 […]
$1.75 Million Jury Verdict
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 & Johnson), failed to warn health […]
STEPHEN SHELLER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Stephen Sheller was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award Wednesday, May 20 2015 from American Lawyer Media’s daily newspaper, The Legal Intelligencer. The award was based on his record of verdicts and settlements, service to clients, dedication to the practice, and support of legal education. The Legal Intelligencer, May 20, 2015: “Stephen A. Sheller […]
#6 & #11 PA SETTLEMENTS 2014
American Lawyer Media’s Top Pennsylvania Verdicts and Settlements for 2014 reveals Sheller, P.C. in a familiar spot again in 2014. The firm has been at or near the top of the list for five of the last six years. This year the firm pulled both the #6 and #11 Top Settlements spots based on its […]
$520 MILLION SETTLEMENT
April 27, 2010: In the third record whistleblower settlement for Sheller, P.C. in fifteen months, the firm represented a whistleblower who brought forth knowledge of wrongdoing by AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca agreed to a civil settlement of $520 million for charges of off-label marketing of the powerful antipsychotic drug Seroquel. The settlement is the largest pharmaceutical civil settlement […]
$2.3 BILLION SETTLEMENT
Pfizer Inc. ignored a 2005 FDA warning letter to stop promoting its antibiotic Zyvox@ as clinically superior to the significantly less expensive, generic vancomycin when its own FDA-approved label indicated otherwise. The drug giant also defrauded federal and state taxpayers by marketing Zyvox@ off-label, according to a qui tam whistleblower complaint filed by Sheller, P.C. […]
#1 PA V&S 2013-2014
Sheller, P.C. had the largest settlement in Pennsylvania in 2013-2014 as published in American Lawyer Media’s Legal Intelligencer newspaper. The $2.2 billion settlement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a division of Johnson & Johnson, was a qui tam case where Sheller, P.C. represented the whistleblower who brought the qui tam charges. With the U.S. Department of Justice, […]
$2.5 Million Verdict
A Philadelphia jury awarded $2.5 million to a twenty year old man whose family claimed he developed female-like breasts (gynecomastia) from taking the antipsychotic drug Risperdal for five years from ages eight to thirteen. Stephen A. Sheller, attorney for the family: “We are encouraged to see this day come, after ten years of our pursuing […]
$58.9 MILLION SETTLEMENT
The Sheller whistleblower team announced a $58.9 milllion settlement with Shire Pharmaceuticals over off-label marketing of ADHD drugs Adderall and Vyvanse in September, 2014. Court documents detailing the civil allegations and settlement were signed by Shire and unsealed by the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. A Shire executive, […]
