Isaac Garza of Texas has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of Risperdal, alleging that the drug caused him substantial side effects, including the growth of “man boobs.”
Risperdal is a drug approved to treat a number of psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Unfortunately, research and a number of pending lawsuits, have linked the drug to intolerable side effects.
Garza’s lawsuit alleges that the drug caused him to suffer from gynecomastia, the growth of breasts in males. He also claims that the drug also caused him to gain weight and develop pre-diabetes, a condition wherein the patient begins to display the symptoms of diabetes, specifically elevated blood sugar levels that have not yet reached the level required to diagnose diabetes. His Risperdal lawsuit also alleges that these disorders have caused him emotional and psychological damage. According to the lawsuit, his breast grew as large as a 38 D cup size.
His lawsuit names the manufacturer of Risperdal, as well as another drug he took, as defendants. This includes pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, as well as Janssen Pharmaceuticals and others. The Risperdal lawsuit seeks damages pertaining to breach of warranty, fraud, negligence, and other charges. He seeks punitive and compensatory damages.
To date, Johnson and Johnson, one of the defendants, has settled at least half a dozen similar Risperdal lawsuits since 2012. This started with a case in September of 2012, wherein a 21-year-old man alleged that the drug caused him to grow breasts. Johnson and Johnson settled the case just prior to the original trial date, rather than face civil action in court.
All of the Risperdal lawsuits settled to date hinged on the allegation that Risperdal caused boys and young men to develop breasts, and did not adequately warn them of this risk. Many more potential victims could have suffered this side effect and not realized it was caused by Risperdal. These individual lawsuits could eventually become a single group lawsuit, like a class action suit or multidistrict litigation.
The case is Garza v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, et al, Case No. 130902319, filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
In general, Risperdal lawsuits are filed individually by each plaintiff and are not class actions.
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