PPH Legal Blog

A Philadelphia jury gave a defense verdict a few weeks ago in one of the last mass tort cases brought against a diet drug company.
Danny Crowder of Texas brought a lawsuit against Wyeth, which was formerly American Home Products, claiming that his wife’s death was a direct result of diet pills manufactured by this company.
Crowder’s […]

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After eight long weeks, the trial of Gallion and Cunningham ended in a mistrial due to a deadlocked jury. Their partner, Melbourne Mills, was acquitted before the jury became stuck on the charges against the former two. All three attorneys were accused of stealing $65 million dollars from the $200 million dollar lawsuit filed by […]

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In the final stages of the trial, the lawyer-defendants involved in the Fen-phen trial called an adverse witness, class action guru Stanley Chesley, to testify on their behalf.   This move appears as a last ditch effort for the lawyer-defendants who lack experts willing to testify in their favor.
Chesley testified that he had been hired by […]

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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 […]

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Now in its second week, the trial for the Fen-phen lawyers continues.  A junior lawyer involved in the settlement, who has testified for four days, says the main lawyers on the case, Cunningham Jr., Gallion, and Mills Jr., never gave the clients a chance to protest the $200 million settlement or the attorney fees.  The […]

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