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Case Notes

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
November 30, 2007

$5.5 Million for Pain Patch Death

The maker of the Fentanyl pain patch must pay a $5.5 million verdict. Hendelson v. Janssen Pharmaceutical Products L.P., No. 05-8116, U.S. District Court, Southern District, Miami, FL, July 19, 2007.

A jury awarded $5.5 million to the family of a man who died while using a Duragesic pain patch. Adam Hendelson, 28, was using the patch that delivers Fentanyl to treat pain for a hip injury. His attorneys argued that Henderson died because the patch delivered three times the intended Fentanyl dosage. The defense argued that Hendelson died from an overdose of two antidepressant medications he was taking. The autopsy report found the cause of death to be the combined effect of the two medications and Fentanyl. The plaintiff's counsel argued that the only drug in the fatal range was the Fentanyl, and the other two were within the therapeutic range.

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