Jury awards $2.5 mln in Roche Accutane trial
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ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - A New Jersey jury on Tuesday found that Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG failed to adequately warn a patient of the bowel disease risks associated with its potent acne medicine Accutane and awarded him $2.5 million in damages.
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Lockheed Martin Corp  has agreed to pay a former employee $2.5 million, more than any individual has received in the settlement of a racial discrimination case filed by the U.S. Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission, attorneys for the agency said on Wednesday.
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A jury ruled in favor of two former Detroit police officers Tuesday, awarding them $6.5 million in a whistleblower lawsuit that churned out allegations of misdeeds by the mayor's staff and extramarital affairs by the mayor himself.
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The $50 million compensatory damage award in a federal Vioxx case this month was "grossly excessive," and a new trial must be held to decide how much drugmaker Merck &amp; Co. must pay a retired FBI agent who suffered a heart attack after taking the painkiller, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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Net profit at Roche Holding  AG  rose 34 percent to 9.17 billion Swiss francs ($7.33  billion) in 2006 due to strong sales of cancer treatments  Herceptin and Avastin, just ahead of analysts' expectations.
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A federal judge approved a $2.575 billion settlement of a class-action lawsuit by WorldCom investors who claimed they were defrauded by Citigroup, the second-largest settlement ever in a securities fraud case.
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Two police officers involved in a  videotaped beating of a black teenager that sparked nationwide  outrage have been awarded $2.4 million by a Los Angeles jury  that found they were unfairly disciplined.
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World Trade Center leaseholder Silverstein Properties Inc. could collect $4.68 billion in insurance payments after the jury in the second phase of the WTC property insurance litigation decided that the Sept.
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AXA Advisors, the United States brokerage unit of AXA of France, agreed to pay a $1.2 million fine and reimburse 1,800 clients after offering them fee-based accounts that did not fit their needs.
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A federal judge in New York has approved a $2.6 billion settlement of a class-action lawsuit on behalf of more than 170,000 WorldCom investors who claimed they were defrauded by Citigroup.
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Pfizer will spend $2 million to replace what a judge called misleading advertising suggesting that Listerine mouthwash is as effective as flossing.
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A federal judge on Wednesday threw   out a $50 million jury award against Merck & Co. Inc., calling   the compensation excessive for a former FBI agent who suffered   a heart attack while using Merck's Vioxx painkiller and saying   a new trial on damages was needed.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court threw out a $79.5 million punitive damages award to a smoker's widow Tuesday, a boon to businesses seeking stricter limits on big-dollar jury verdicts. The 5-4 ruling was a victory for Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA, which contested an Oregon Supreme Court...
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A drug manufacturer won Supreme Court review Friday of a $6.8 million verdict in the case of a woman whose arm had to be amputated after she was injected with one of its medications.
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Â· Cosmetic giant fined for recruitment campaign Â· First big French firm to be convicted of racial bias
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A New Jersey jury on Monday ordered Merck & Co.  to pay $47.5 million in damages after finding that the drugmaker's withdrawn arthritis drug, Vioxx, was responsible for a plaintiff's heart attack and that the company was reckless in promoting the drug.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - Merck & Co. scored its second swift victory this week in a Vioxx product liability trial when an Alabama jury found on Friday it did not hide health risks associated with its withdrawn arthritis drug or knowingly market a faulty product.