PPH Legal Blog

In the recent trial of three prominent lawyers accused of taking $65 million from their clients’ lawsuit against makers of the diet drug Fen-phen, the defendant Melbourne Mills Jr. was recently hospitalized, delaying the trial.  In addition to the financial theft from their clients’ $200 million settlement, each of the lawyers is also accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.  If convicted, each defendant could face up to twenty years in prison for the charges.  Additionally, Mills’ lawyer claims that one month after the Fen-phen trial settled, Mills collapsed due to an “alcoholic seizure” and was therefore too drunk to be responsible for the enormous money theft that occurred.

The dangerous diet drug Fen-phen has caused severe health effects in those who took it, such as the development of primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH).  The PPH lawyers of Williams Kherkher at 866.950.9000 will protect your rights if you have experienced negative side effects from diet drug use.