Hepatitis C Outbreak

Washington v. Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada LLC: Retired Air Force mechanic contracted Hepatitis C from a routine medical procedure. His was part of a large outbreak of infections traced to multi-dosing from large vials of the sedative Propofol. The jury awarded compensatory damages of $7 million each to husband and wife and ordered the manufacturer, Teva Parenteral Medicines, Inc., to pay punitive damages of $60 million and the distributor, Baxter Healthcare Corp., to pay punitive damages of $30 million. This award was #7 in the Top Ten Jury Verdicts for 2011 and handled by Matt Sharp and Lincoln Sieler.