The jury in Chanin v. Desert Shadow Endoscopy today awarded $500M in punitive damages against Baxter and Teva -- $144M against Baxter and $356M against Teva -- the pharmaceutical companies that manufactured (Teva) and distributed (Baxter) vials of the anesthetic Propofol.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Endoscopy Center Cases, Pharmaceutical
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Endoscopy Center Cases, Pharmaceutical
Defense fired back in their opening statement in Chanin v. Desert Shadow Endoscopy Center. The plaintiffs alleged that drug companies Baxter and Teva supplied propofol containers that were defective because they were too large, thus encouraging the kind of multi-dose "double-dipping" that could foreseeably result in the spread of blood-born pathogens, such as the Hepatitis C infection that plaintiff Henry Chanin contracted at Desert Shadow Endoscopy.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Endoscopy Center Cases, Pharmaceutical
Opening statements have begun in CVN's live webcast of Chanin v. Desert Shadow Endoscopy.
Topics: Products Liability, Endoscopy Center Cases, Pharmaceutical
