Jury clears J&J; in Motrin lawsuit
From Times Wire Services
Johnson & Johnson and its McNeil unit were cleared by a California jury of liability for injuries suffered by an 11-year-old girl whose allergic reaction to Children’s Motrin rendered her blind.
J&J; failed to adequately warn of risks of contracting Stevens-Johnson syndrome, the disease that caused Sabrina Brierton Johnson’s blindness at age 7, the jury in Malibu found. Still, the lack of a warning wasn’t a factor in her blindness, the jury said.
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