Risperdal/Janssen Lose In Philadelphia Court Ruling

Legal Newsline

"Judge Howland Abramson of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas denied Janssen's motion to disqualify on Dec. 8. "

Pennsylvania hired BPB (Bailey Perrin & Bailey LLP) on a contingent fee basis to sue Janssen for off label marketing and failure to disclose Risperdal side effects. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell hired BPB not as a free agent, but to operate under the advisory and supervisory auspices of the Pennsylvania OGC (Office of General Counsel).

BPB's interest in the suit is 15% of monies potentially winnable from Janssen.

Janssen's June 9th Motion To Disqualify Counsel (BPB) was that BPB - and not the Penn OGC (Office of General Counsel) - had signed the complaint/appeared against them.

BPB's position is that they are to advise, counsel and recommend actions to the Pennsylvania OGC, and carry out the OGC's directions: thereby relinquishing final decision making to Penn Govt. And further, Nothing in their (BPB) contract restricts the Penn OGC from negotiating Any monetary settlement with Janssen, or even abandoning the whole suit at OGC/Gov. Rendell's discretion.

Janssen had also claimed that those actually filing the suit against them must not have financial interests (campaign contributions to Gov Rendell) which would affect Penn Govt's suit against them.

Here's BPB on that one.

"Janssen's gratuitous identification of campaign contributions are no more relevant to the resolution of this matter than political contributions (Janssen counsel) Drinker Biddle & Reath's Political Action Committee made to various candidates presumably aligned with Drinker's and/or its clients' interests, which totaled nearly $120,000 during the 2004-06 election cycles,"


Here's BPB going against Janssen on behalf of Arkansas.

Case No. 07-15345
State of Arkansas vs. Janssen/J&J

Page 15: 56.

"Risperdal is inherently, abnormally, and unreasonably dangerous. The health risks and costs of Risperdal to the citizens of the State and to the State greatly outweigh any claimed utility of Risperdal.

Page 16: 59.

"The defective condition of Risperdal directly and proximately caused Arkansas residents to suffer various Risperdal induced diseases, injuries and sicknesses, and directly and proximately caused the State to expend millions of dollars in order to provide necessary health care to these citizens through its Medicaid, DBHS and DFAEBD programs, thereby directly damaging the State."

The Arkansas Lawsuit is here. With contentions as definite and damning as Those above, ..... who would You bet on? If you think this Legal Newsline article doesn't directly affect You, Remember: 1 in Every 35 people Poisoned by Mental Health Caregivers with Risperdal were Damn Near Killed by it. 1 in 35 are only the incidents even Reported to the FDA, ..... And, the creatures who are having a Field Day peddling Risperdal are DEAD SET on peddling It, or some Other Psychiatric Poison (check the adverse event sidebar) to 1 in Every 5 of You and Your Kids.

Oh, almost forgot, we called the Risperdal Sales Team at Mental Health Command Central the other day for a comment, and the Psychic Ideate on call graciously took a few seconds out of his Caregiving day to reply to our queries.