Duragesic Fentanyl Pain Patch Case News Archive

$5.5 Million Award in First Federal Fentanyl Patch Trial
The family of a Florida man has won a $5.5 million wrongful death verdict* against two subsidiaries of pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson in the nation's first federal trial involving a patch form of the narcotic painkiller fentanyl. full article
*Litigation expenses were $300,000 and attorneys' fees were $1,200,000.

INTERVIEWS AND APPEARANCES LINKS:
6/26/07 - Civil Action Radio – Jim Orr Podcast Interview regarding the June 19 Duragesic Fentanyl Settlement

NEWS ARTICLE LINKS:
7/10/07 - The Legal Broadcast Network – Civil Action Radio Features Interview with Trial Team on Duragesic Fentanyl Patch $5.5M Verdict
6/19/07 - Bloomberg.com – J&J Units Ordered to Pay $5.5 Million in Patch Case
6/19/07 - Medadnews.com – Heygood, Orr, Reyes & Bartolomei and Gulas & Stuckey: $5.5 Million Award in First Federal Fentanyl Patch Trial
6/19/07 - Forbes.com – Jury Awards $5.5M in Drug Patch Case
6/19/07 - NYTimes.com – Companies Lose Drug Patch Suit
6/19/07 - BusinessWeek.com – Jury awards $5.5M in drug patch case
6/19/07 - SmartMoney.com – J&J To Pay $5.5 Million In Wrongful Death Verdict
6/19/07 - Palm Beach Post – $5.5M awarded in pain-killing patch death
6/20/07 - San Jose Mercury News – J&J units ordered to pay patch user's father
6/19/07 - RTT Global Financial News – Johnson & Johnson Subsidiaries Loses Duragesic Patch Trial; Family Awarded $5.5 Million Damages
6/20/07 - PR-Inside (Austria) – U.S. jury awards $5.5M in Johnson & Johnson drug patch case - U.S. jury awards $5.5M in Johnson & Johnson drug patch case
6/20/07 - CBC News (Canada) – Family of man who died wearing drug patch awarded $5.5M US
6/19/07 - Palm Beach Post – Jury deciding if pain patch leaked, killing man, 28
6/07 – Johnson & Johnson Ignored Duragesic Pain Patch Defects, Lawyer Says
7/15/07 - FDA Public Health Advisory – Safety Warnings Regarding Use of Fentanyl Transdermal (Skin) Patches