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March 29, 2007
Fed-Phen Trial Ordered Over Plaintiff Counsel Ethics Issues in Apportioning Settlement Money
Article in the Washington Post -- Trial Ordered on Fen-Phen Settlement, by Samuel Maull of the Associated Press. Here's an excerpt:
A law firm that negotiated a huge settlement with the makers of the diet drug fen-phen has been ordered to stand trial over whether it manipulated the deal in a way that increased the lawyers' share of the money.
State Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Ramos said Wednesday he was ordering a trial because of questions about whether the firm, Napoli Bern Ripka LLP, violated ethical rules in apportioning shares of the settlement money.
Napoli Bern sued drug maker American Home Products in 2001 on behalf of more than 5,000 of the 6 million former users of fen-phen, which the Food and Drug Administration had recalled after studies showed it might cause heart valve damage.
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I think that everyone who took the drug Phen -fed should be entitled to a settlement from the company. OUR LIVES ARE AT RISK TOO.
Posted by: Doris Brown | Dec 6, 2007 1:46:59 PM
