Court Report

Class Action

A jury awarded a woman whose heart was damaged after using the weight-loss drugs Fen-Phen more than $1.3 million in damages Thursday. Jurors awarded Deborah Hayes $810,000 for future medical expenses and $500,000 for future mental anguish. Hayes, 46, sued Fen-Phen maker Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, claiming the combination of the drugs damaged a valve in her heart.

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Posted by Editor at November 6, 2003 10:32 AM