Defense Verdict for Johnson & Johnson in California
A Malibu, California jury found that Johnson & Johnson's Children's Motrin was not responsible to a 11 year-old girl whose lawyers alleged she was blinded after using the drug. The California jury voted 9-3 against liability after a six week trial. California does not require that civil jury verdict be unanimious.
The lawsuit plaintiff's drug injury lawyers filed in Los Angeles Superior Courty claimed Children's Motrin's label was defective because it did not have a warning that it could lead to a rare, but potentially fatal allergic reaction with severe rash of the skin and mucous membrane called Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Many users of the "stop smoking" drug Chantix have also reported Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.
Our lawyers are uninvolved in this litigation and cannot speak to the merits of the case. But what a tragedy that such a young girl would lose her vision. The only ray of hope is that the technology to overcome blindness really is growing at a rapid clip.
