Award Against Drug Maker Is Thrown Out
The Mississippi Supreme Court threw out a $48.5-million damage award against the makers of the heartburn drug Propulsid and ordered that separate trials be held for each of 10 plaintiffs.
The justices, in the 6-1 decision, said it was improper to group the 10 plaintiffs together when their claims did not arise out of the same incident.
Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson, had asked the state’s high court to dismiss the case or to order separate trials for each of the plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs said taking the heartburn drug caused their heart problems, anxiety attacks and other conditions.
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