Lipokinetix Manufacturer Settles Liver Failure Case for $3.4 Million

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - A woman who required a liver transplant allegedly as a result of using the dietary supplement Lipokinetix, settled her claims with the manufacturer for $3.4 million. Amalia Higuera v. Syntrax Innovations, Inc. No. 02-408787 (Calif. Super. Ct., San Luis Obispo Cty.).

The parties agreed to settle the dispute Oct. 23 just weeks before the case was scheduled to go to trial, according to plaintiff's attorney Thomas J. Brandi of San Francisco's Brandi Law Firm.

Plaintiff Amalia Higuera was 24 years old at the time she purchased Lipokinetix in August 2000 after seeing advertisements for the …