Bayer Victorious in Nation's Second Baycol-Related Injury Trial

JACKSON, Miss. - On April 3, a Mississippi jury awarded Bayer Corp. its second victory in less than a month involving claims filed by an individual allegedly injured as a result of using Baycol. Virgie Hardy v. Bayer Corp., et al., No. 01-00069 (Miss. Cir. Co., Hinds Cty.).

The Hinds County Circuit Court jury rejected 70-year-old Virgie Hardy's claim that she developed muscle pain after taking the cholesterol-lowering drug.

Robert Wilkins, an attorney with the Pritchard Law Firm, P.L.L.C., in Jackson, represented Hardy and reportedly argued that the Bayer put profits before the health of consumers when it decided …