J&J Loses Jury Trial on Warnings of Levaquin Risk
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Johnson & Johnson failed to properly warn of the risks of tendon damage linked to its antibiotic Levaquin, a Minnesota jury said in the first trial on claims over the drug.
The Minneapolis federal court jury today awarded damages of $700,000 in the case of John Schedin, 82, for failure to warn. It rejected his claim that J&J violated state consumer-fraud law by misrepresenting or concealing information about Levaquin. Jurors are considering Schedin’s claim for punitive damages.