Verdicts and Settlements

Case Name - Joyce Lane v. Robert Courtney & Squibb

Injuries Sustained - injury sustained while under medical and or hospital care
Verdict or Settlement Amount: $153,586.00
Court: Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri
County: Jackson
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
Verdict or Settlement: Settlement
Case Description - Joyce Lane was diagnosed with cancer. Her treating physician prescribed a medication manufactured by Squibb for the treatment of cancer. The prescription for the medication was filled by Robert Courtney at his pharmacy. It was later determined that Robert Courtney was diluting the medication for Ms. Lane along with possibly as many as 1,000 other customers at his Kansas City pharmacy. Courtney is serving a 30-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to 20 felony counts of tampering, adulteration and misbranding cancer drugs. Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Co agreed to a $35,000,000 settlement. Assets were taken from Robert Courtney totaling approximately $10,000,000 to pay off the victims. Drug companies Eli Lilly and Co. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. set up a $71,000,000 million settlement pool for the payment of victims. 
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