Texas Jury Awards $19.4 Million to Plaintiffs in Remicade Injury Suit

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Texas jury has found that Centocor Inc. negligently failed to warn doctors and consumers about potential side effects of Remicade and must pay $19.4 million to a woman who claims she developed lupus as a result of using the drug. Hamilton, et al. v. Centocor Inc., et al., No. 03-60526-4 (Texas Ct. at Law No. 4, Nueces Cty.).

Sources told HarrisMartin that in a 5-1 vote on Dec. 13, the Nueces County Court at Law No. 4 jury found that Centocor committed fraud against Patricia Hamilton and that she and her husband were harmed as …