Risperdal Lawsuits Continue to Plague Johnson & Johnson, With More Than 16,000 Filings Nationwide, Bernstein Liebhard LLP Reports

NEW YORK, May 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson and its Janssen Pharmaceuticals subsidiary continue to face legal claims over gynecomastia and other side effects allegedly associated with Risperdal. According to a May 8^th filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), at least 16,900 Risperdal lawsuits are now pending in courts throughout the U.S. and Canada. Cases involving the antipsychotic medication continues to be filed, prompting Johnson & Johnson to establish an accrual with respect to the litigation.  

"Our Firm has been representing Risperdal plaintiffs for several years, and we continue to receive inquiries from men and boys who allegedly experienced excessive breast growth due to treatment with this medication. We are not surprised that cases of this nature are still being filed, and expect this trend to continue," said Sandy A. Liebhard, a partner at Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing the victims of defective drugs and medical devices. The Firm continues to provide free legal reviews to men and boys who allegedly experienced excessive breast growth due to their use of the antipsychotic medication.

The Risperdal Litigation

Risperdal is an atypical antipsychotic medication that is currently approved to treat adult and adolescent schizophrenia, bipolar disorder in adults and children ages 10-to-17, and irritability in children (5-to-16 years of age) with autistic disorder. Plaintiffs pursuing Risperdal lawsuits over gynecomastia claim that Johnson & Johnson and Janssen concealed data indicating that the medication could cause excessive breast growth in male patients, and failed to provide the public with appropriate warnings regarding this risk. They also claim that the companies wrongly marketed Risperdal to treat children long before U.S. regulators approved the drug for any pediatric indications in 2006.

One of the country's largest Risperdal litigations is currently underway in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania, where more than 5,700 claims are now pending. The Pennsylvania litigation has convened seven Risperdal gynecomastia trials since early 2015, four of which concluded with decisions for plaintiffs and verdicts ranging from $500,000 to $70 million. Confidential Risperdal settlements have also been reached in some cases just prior to trial. (Case No. 130600861)

Bernstein Liebhard LLP continues to provide free legal reviews to alleged victims of Risperdal and gynecomastia. To learn more about filing a Risperdal lawsuit, please contact Bernstein Liebhard LLP by visiting the Firm's website, or by calling 800-511-5092.

About Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Bernstein Liebhard LLP is a New York-based law firm exclusively representing injured persons in complex individual and class action lawsuits nationwide since 1993. As a national law firm, Bernstein Liebhard LLP possesses all of the legal and financial resources required to successfully challenge billion dollar pharmaceutical and medical device companies. As a result, our attorneys and legal staff have been able to recover more than $3.5 billion on behalf of our clients. Bernstein Liebhard LLP is honored to once again be named to The National Law Journal's "Plaintiffs' Hot List," recognizing the top plaintiffs firms in the country. This year's nomination marks the thirteenth year the firm has been named to this prestigious annual list.

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