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Second trial in hepatitis outbreak results in $182.5M verdict

Thursday, 20 October 2011 19:20 | Written by Drug Recall Lawyer |

Hundreds of miles and worlds away from the ongoing Los Angeles trial against Michael Jackson's doctor for administering a fatal dose of Propofol to the King of Pop, a jury in Las Vegas was listening to a very different case over the same drug earlier this month.

In the end, the jury awarded $182.5 million to three plaintiffs who contracted hepatitis C from tainted vials of the anesthesia during colonoscopy procedures. The outbreak of hepatitis C in Las Vegas, which infected nearly 100 patients, was reportedly caused by the re-use of Propofol vials for numerous patients. The makers of Propofol were held liable after they increased the vial size to save money, forcing doctors to use the vial on more than one patient.

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