A Timeline of Verdicts and Decisions That Marked
the Drug & Supplement Litigation in 2002

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Date: Jan. 18, 2002 Drug: Rezulin Event: A Texas jury awarded $23.46 million in compensatory damages and $1.5 million in punitive damages to the family of Beatrice Herrera, who died from liver failure after taking Rezulin for three months. Soto v. Warner-Lambert Co., No. C-534-00-B (Texas Dist. Ct., Hidalgo Cty., 93rd Dist.).

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Date: Feb. 5, 2002 Drug: Rezulin Event: After one hour of deliberation, a six-person jury in a Maryland state court found that Monica George's death was not caused by her ingestion of Rezulin. The underlying complaint, which was filed …