Pennsylvania Personal Injury Verdict Against Wyeth Overturned
A Pennsylvania jury awarded $1.5 million in compensatory damages and was scheduled to consider punitive damages when a mistrial was declared, overturning the jury verdict against Wyeth. The lawsuit was only the second of approximately 5,000 pending suits against Wyeth to reach trial. The lawsuits alege that the hormone replacement drugs Prempro and Premarin raised the risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, stroke or heart attack.