Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: West v. Janssen Pharms., Inc. Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124276 Facts This case involves two plaintiffs, West and Harper, who alleged that…
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction: State Case Name: Pledger v. Janssen Pharms., Inc. Citation: 2018 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1167 Facts In 2002, at age 6, Phillip Austin Pledger was diagnosed with Autism. Pledger was taken to see Dr. Jan…
This case involves several autistic male children who developed gynecomastia after taking the drug risperidone. It was alleged that the pharmaceutical company that marketed this drug hid evidence that would have alerted clinicians and regulatory authorities to the connection between risperidone, increased prolactin,…
This class action lawsuit focused on the pharmaceutical manufacturer of Risperdal, an antipsychotic medication. After multiple young men developed gynecomastia, with their breast tissue increasing at an alarming and unnatural rate, their doctors alleged that the condition was a side…
A large pharmaceutical company was litigated against after they allegedly covered up the potential harmful side effects of the antidepressant Risperdal. The case claimed that the company had obscured evidence that the risperidone in Risperdal increased prolactin and caused gynecomastia…
A middle-aged man taking Risperdal was diagnosed with severe gynecomastia. As his family sued the pharmaceutical company over the effects of the drug, he was forced to consider testosterone therapy to alleviate its side effects. The patient had been taking…
This case takes place in Mississippi and involves a psychiatric hospital staff member who was attacked by a patient. The attacker had a diagnosis of schizophrenia with a long a history of violence, but there were allegedly no policies or procedures in…
This autism analysis case takes place in Wisconsin and involves a teenager with a past medical history of autism, disruptive behavior disorder, hypogammaglobulinemia, intractable seizures from a very young age, and overall intellectual disability with an IQ of 50-60. The patient’s medications…
