Drugmaker to Pay $63 Million in Motrin Lawsuit
A Massachusetts jury awarded $63 million to a teenager and her parents for injuries the girl suffered after using a children’s pain reliever made by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) when she was just seven years old. The Associated Press (AP) reports that a Plymouth Superior Court jury asked J&J and its McNeil-PPC Inc. subsidiary to pay the girl and her parents a total of $109 million, including interest. The girl was given Motrin brand ibuprofen to reduce a fever