The jury returned a $25 million verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the re-trial of McCarrell v. Hoffman-La Roche, after approximately 3 hours of deliberating.
Judge Carol Higbee polled the jury. The nine jurors voted 7-2 that Roche failed to adequately warn of the dangers of Accutane. The jurors voted 7-2 again (although not the same two dissenting jurors) that Accutane was the proximate cause of Andy McCarrell's Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
The jury ruled 9-0 that McCarrell's compensatory damages would be $25M.
In the original May 2007 Accutane Trial, the jury returned a $2.7M verdict. However, that verdict was overturned on appeal because the defense was prevented from telling the jury that there were 5M Accutane users.
CVN covered the both the original May 2007 Accutane trial and the 2010 re-trial live. On-demand coverage of the entire Accutane Trial is available, as well as free clips from opening statements.
