Fla. jury awards $250K in Zometa jaw injury suit 
Published: March 18, 2013
Tags: failure to warn, loss of consortium, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, osteonecrosis, product liability, Zometa
A federal jury has awarded $250,000 to a Florida couple who claimed Novartis Pharmaceuticals failed to adequately warn of the risk of osteonecrosis of the jaw from taking the bone strengthening drug Zometa.
J. Hunter Chiles III will received $200,000 in compensatory damages under a verdict issued Feb. 27 by a jury sitting in the U.S. ...
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