Tort Law

J&J Paid $68M to Settle Lawsuits Over Birth-Control Patch, News Agency Says

By Martha Neil

Oct 10, 2008, 11:59 am CST

It has cost the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company an estimated $68.7 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits alleging that users were injured or, in 20 cases, even died as a result of using the company's Ortho Evra birth-control patch.

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