As of January, 2012: Verdicts and Settlements

Date

Venue

Plaintiff

Defendant

Injury

Length of ingestion

Compensatory

Punitive

Verdict (after reduction)

22. Dec 2011

PA

Mulderig/
Elfont
/Kalenkoski

Wyeth/Pfizer

Breast cancer

11 years
2 years
4 years

$24.75 Million
$20 Million
$27.85 Million

Case settled before Phase 2 so no punitive verdict

20. Oct 2011

AR

Curtis

Wyeth

Breast cancer

6 ½ years

Defense verdict

19. July 2011

WV

Hines

Wyeth

Breast cancer

 4+ years

Defense verdict

 Not pled

18. Dec. 2010

PR

Rivera-Adams

Wyeth

Breast cancer

18 months

$1.5 million

Prohibited by PR law

Case settled the night before the appellate argument.

17. Dec. 2010

VA

Torkie-Tork

Wyeth

Breast cancer

2.5 years

Defense verdict

16. Oct. 2010

AR

Wilson

Wyeth

Breast Cancer

4.5 years

Defense verdict

Not pled

15. Aug. 2010

PA

Henry / Buxton

Wyeth

Breast Cancer

8 years
6 years

Defense verdict(causation as case was reverse bifurcated)

14. Feb 2010

PA

Foust (deceased)

Wyeth

Breast Cancer

4 years

Defense verdict

Prohibited by Indiana law

13. Feb. 2010

PA

Singleton

Wyeth

Breast Cancer

6.5 years (18 month post WHI case)

$3.45 million

$6 million

All post trial motions denied. Verdict entered in total. Wyeth is appealing.

12. Nov. 2009

PA

Kendall

Wyeth and Pfizer

Breast Cancer

11 years

$6.3 million

$28 million

All post trial motions denied except punitive verdict remitted to $1 million. Plaintiff appealed remitted punitives. Wyeth and Pfizer cross-appealed.

11. Oct. 2009

PA

Barton

Wyeth

Breast Cancer

5 years

$3.74 million

$75 million

All post trial motions denied except punitive verdict remitted to $5.6 million. Plaintiff appealed on remitted punitives. Wyeth cross-appealed.

10. Feb. 2008

AR

Scroggin

Wyeth and Pfizer

Breast Cancer

11 years

$2.75 million

$27.1 million

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed compensatory award and ordered a new trial on punitives against Wyeth. US Supreme Court denied cert. Compensatory verdict in full.  Punitive award settled before re-trial.

9. Sept. 2007

NV

Rowatt
Scofield
Forrester

Wyeth

Breast Cancer

7 years

15 years

10 years 

$12 million
$10.5 million
$12.5 million

$31 million
$33 million
$35 million

Compensatory verdict remitted by trial judge to $7.5 million, $7.2 million, $7.9 million.  Punitive verdict remitted by trial judge to $10 million, $12 million, $13 million. Nevada Supreme Court unanimously affirmed remitted award. US Supreme Court denied cert.

6. April 2007

PA

Simon

Wyeth and Pfizer

Breast Cancer

10 years

$1.5 million.
(Defense verdict for Wyeth).

Not submitted

Verdict against Pfizer only. JNOV granted. Pennsylvania appellate court reversed. Verdict paid. 

5. Jan. 2007

AR

Rush

Wyeth

Breast Cancer-

9 years

Defense verdict

Appeal to 8^th circuit. Denied.

4. Jan. 2007

PA

Nelson II

Wyeth

Breast cancer

5 years

$3 million

Not submitted

JNOV granted. Case appealed. Appellate court affirmed JNOV. PA Supreme Ct denied cert.

3. Jan. 2007

PA

Daniel

Wyeth

Breast cancer

1 ½ years

$1.5 million

$8.6 million

PA Superior Court affirmed compensatory and punitive damages. PA Supreme Court accepted review.

2. Sept. 2006

PA

Nelson

Wyeth

Breast cancer

5 years

$1.5 million

Phase 1 only as reverse bifurcated 

Mistrial declared. Case retried. 

1. Sept. 2006

AR

Reeves

Wyeth

Breast cancer-

8 years

Defense verdict