Jury Awards Pfizer Researcher $1.37 Million

HARTFORD, Conn. - A federal jury said it believed a former Pfizer Inc. researcher who claimed that she was wrongfully terminated for reporting safety concerns to federal health officials and awarded her $1.37 million. McClain v. Pfizer Inc., No. 3:06-v-01795 (D. Conn.).

Trial on Becky McClain's claims against Pfizer Inc. ended with the verdict on March 31 and judgment issued on May 21.

McClain contended that she is unable to work because of debilitating symptoms that she attributes to workplace exposures but which her treating physicians have been unable to definitively diagnose (See HarrisMartin Publishing's Litigation Watch: Welding Fumes, …