MASSACHUSETTS MOTRIN CASE: $63 MILLION VERDICT --- Too much? Too little?

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A Plymouth County, Massachusetts jury has awarded a $63 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company to a teenage girl and her parents after the girl suffered, at age 7, a life-threatening drug reaction when she took Children's Motrin ten years ago.

The girl's adverse reaction to the over-the-counter pain reliever drug included blindness, permanent brain and lung damage, loss of most of the skin on her body, followed by permanent scarring.

The Motrin drug manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson and its McNeil-PPC Ins. subsidiary could pay the girl, Samantha Reckis, and her parents a total of $109 million once the court adds interest, if the jury's decision is upheld.

This most recent case is similar to a Pennsylvania case (which we previously reported on) in which a girl was awarded $10 million in 2011. She, too, suffered an adverse reaction to Children's Motrin, causing her to lose 84 percent of her skin, suffer permanent brain damage and blindness.

[For more information see, Associated Press (AP), 2-25-2013, and www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/legal/ "Girl, Parents Awarded $63 Million In Motrin Lawsuit"; www.boston.com/2-13-2013/ "Jury Awards Plymouth Family $63 Million For Daughter's Severe Reaction To Children's Motrin"; www.bostonglobe.com/business/02-13-2013/ "Family Awarded $63 Million In Motrin Case"]

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