{"id":956,"date":"2016-07-11T07:10:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T12:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=956"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:39:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:39:28","slug":"philadelphia-jury-awards-70-million-verdict-risperdal-breast-growth-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/philadelphia-jury-awards-70-million-verdict-risperdal-breast-growth-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Jury Awards $70 Million Verdict in Risperdal Breast Growth Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Philadelphia jury recently returned a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-07-01\/j-j-faces-record-70-million-verdict-over-male-breasts\" target=\"_blank\">verdict<\/a> awarding a 16-year-old teenager who suffered injuries after taking Risperdal $70 million in compensation. The manufacturer of the drug is Johnson &amp; Johnson, a major international pharmaceutical and health care products company. According to the teenager&#8217;s complaint, Johnson &amp; Johnson failed to provide appropriate warnings with the drug that it could cause him to grow breasts, referred to in the medical community as gynecomastia. According to his complaint, the plaintiff started taking Risperdal when he was five years old to address a psychiatric disorder.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff also alleged that Johnson &amp; Johnson intentionally prevented doctors and health care professionals from seeing the adverse results of a study about Risperdal that showed it could cause abnormal breast growth in boys.<\/p>\n<p>Risperdal is an antipsychotic medication used to treat a number of mental disorders like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and irritability in autism patients. Signs of gynecomastia include puffy nipples, enlarged nipples, painful breasts, nipple discharge, and breast growth. The results of gynecomastia in boys can be devastating, resulting in serious emotional and mental pain while also frequently requiring a mastectomy to remove the breast growth.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/philadelphia-jury-awards-70-million-verdict-risperdal-breast-growth-case\/#more-956\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Philadelphia jury recently returned a verdict awarding a 16-year-old teenager who suffered injuries after taking Risperdal $70 million in compensation. The manufacturer of the drug is Johnson &amp; Johnson, a major international pharmaceutical and health care products company. 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