Texas Judge Refuses to Order New Trial in $19.4 Million Remicade Case

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Texas judge has denied motions by Centocor Inc. seeking a new trial and remittitur in the case of a couple who won a $19.4 million verdict after jurors found that the company defrauded consumers and negligently failed to warn about potential side effects of Remicade. Hamilton, et al. v. Centocor Inc., et al., No. 03-60526-4 (Texas Ct. at Law No. 4, Nueces Cty.).

In an April 27 order, Judge James Klager of the Nueces County Court at Law No. 4 said that, after considering briefs and oral arguments by the parties, he found Centocor's motions …