Texas Jury Awards $1 Million to Plaintiffs in Wrongful Death Suit

BASTROP, Texas - The parents of a 24-year-old man who died after allegedly using an ephedra-based dietary supplement were awarded $1 million by a jury that found the supplement was partially responsible because it manufactured an unreasonably dangerous product. Charles Scurlock and Cora Scurlock v. Twinlab Corp., No. 23950 (Texas Dist. Ct., Bastrop Cty., 21st Judicial Dist.).

The jury, which handed down its decision after a day-and-a-half of deliberations, did not award the $10 million the plaintiffs sought to recover after deciding that Charles Scurlock II, the son of Charles and Cora Scurlock, was also to blame for his own …