Today Judge Thomas L. Zebert found in favor of the State of Mississippi in its case against pharmaceutical company Sandoz, Inc. in the Chancery Court of Rankin County, Mississippi, and awarded a total verdict of $38,191,427.00. * * *54 more of these cases are pending before Judge Zebert, it appears, whose Sandoz opinion is here. Settlement time, or wait on the appeal?
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood authorized the filing of these lawsuits against the pharmaceutical companies and Beasley Allen attorney W. Daniel “Dee” Miles, III, along with former Mississippi Governor Ronnie Musgrove from Copeland, Cook, Taylor and Bush tried the three-week trial in April.
The Court ruled in favor of the State of Mississippi on the Consumer Protection Act and common law fraud. It awarded Mississippi $23,661,618.00 in compensatory damages; it awarded Mississippi $11,830,809.00 in punitive damages; and it awarded $2,699,000.00 in civil penalties (for 2,699 quarterly reportings, at $1,000.00 each), for a verdict total of $38,191,427.00. In addition, the court entered an injunction on Sandoz using false AWPs when reporting prices to Mississippi.
... And so far as we can tell, the Vicksburg Daily News is the first paper to report on the Sandoz decision. JFP also has it, apparently printing the same news release as the VDN did. Journalism looks like a tiring profession.
So, Beasley Allen attorney W. Daniel “Dee” Miles, III, along with former Mississippi Governor Ronnie Musgrove from Copeland, Cook, Taylor and Bush are working for the Great State of Mississippi! I they are screwed! Way to go Hood, et al.
ReplyDelete"I they are screwed"? I can't evaluate which one of those is correct without more information.
ReplyDeleteI say they are screwed. They being the pharmaceutical company's lawyers.
ReplyDeleteAh so. Well, they've billed a lot, and will continue to do so .... I'm not familiar with the legal issues, so I dunno what will happen on appeal.
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