Plaintiffs 3-for-4 in Philadelphia Risperdal trials, confident punitive damages will be reintroduced.

December 2015

Penn Record reports on the third plaintiff victory in the Risperdal tort, and discusses Judge Arnold New’s decision that punitive damages cannot apply in the Risperdal cases. “ Though Janssen (a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary) is a Pennsylvania corporation, New stated the marketing and development for Risperdal, along with all relevant Food and Drug Administration correspondence regarding it, was addressed to Janssen’s principal business location in New Jersey – and was therefore bound by that state’s Product Liability Act.”