Wyeth Sanctioned $1.5M for Rejecting Nevada Plaintiffs' Settlement Offer

RENO, Nevada - In the wake of a jury's multi-million dollar award to three women who claimed their breast cancer was caused by Wyeth's hormone replacement drugs, a Nevada state judge on April 11 ordered the company to post a $58 million bond and pay the plaintiffs $1.5 million in attorneys' fees. Rowatt, et al.[McCreary] v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, et al., No. CV04-01699 (Nev. Dist. Ct., Washoe Cty. ) (See HarrisMartin's Drug Report, February 2008).

Wyeth, which plans to appeal the award, had asked Washoe County Judge Robert Perry to waive the bond requirement. But the judge refused, referring to the …