BEAUMONT, Texas - 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. The postal worker said she took Fen-Phen for 90 days over a six-month period in 1999.
Posted by Editor at November 6, 2003 10:55 AM