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Pa. court reinstates $28M punitive award in HRT case (access required)

Published: January 10, 2012

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A $28 million award of punitive damages was not unconstitutionally excessive in a product liability case brought by a woman who contracted breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy drugs, a Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled in reversing judgment. The plaintiff was diagnosed with breast cancer and forced to undergo a double mastectomy after taking Wyeth’s ...
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