Small Firm Wins $505m Drug Case in 8th Judicial District Court, Clark County, Nevada
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Arguing that oversized vials of a drug were "weapons of mass infection" that led to an outbreak of Hepatitis C at outpatient surgical centers, Las Vegas plaintiffs' attorney Robert Eglet convinced a jury that the manufacturer and its distributor should be punished with $500 million in punitive damages.
The verdict was the opening salvo for over 100 pending cases against Teva Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of the anesthesia propofol, and distributor Baxter Healthcare.See the full content of this document
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Small Firm Wins $505m Drug Case in 8th Judicial District Court, Clark County, Nevada
"This verdict sets the tone and hopefully sends the message that [the defendants] ought to think about sitting down and settling these cases," said Eglet, a partner with the 12-lawyer firm Mainor Eglet Cottle in Las Vegas, who is handling 40 more cases.
The plaintiff's case hinged on...See the full content of this document
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