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 […]