Fen Phen
The prescription diet drugs Fen Phen, Pondimin and Redux
have been found to cause heart problems such as
heart valve disease and primary pulmonary hypertension,
which can cause death. These prescription diet drugs
were recalled in 1997 as a result of these alarming
discoveries.
Petroff
& Associates has dedicated its practice to
the representation of those who were injured by
these diet drugs.
In
1999, Kip Petroff was the first in the nation to
take a case involving the diet drug Fen Phen to
jury trial - ultimately winning a twenty three million
three hundred thousand dollar verdict for a Canton, Texas woman with heart valve
disease. Twenty million dollars of this verdict was for punitive damages and three million three hundred thousand dollars was awarded for pain and suffering and medical expenses. The client's alleged damages were for injury to her aortic and mitral heart valves. The client did not actually receive any money after the initial verdict. Due largely to the uncertainty of this verdict being upheld on appeal, the client settled her case on September 30, 1999, before a Judgment was entered on the verdict. On that date, the client settled her case for one million nine hundred ninety seven dollars plus Court Costs in the amount of eleven thousand four hundred eighty five dollars. Attorney's fees in the amount of seven hundred ninety eight thousand eight hundred dollars and litigation expenses in the amount of one hundred sixty five thousand eight hundred twenty nine dollars were withheld from the settlement. Therefore, the client received one million forty three thousand eight hundred and fifty six dollars as a result of the settlement.
Experience and tremendous success define Petroff & Associates' extensive handling of Fen Phen litigation. Petroff & Associates has represented more than one hundred thousand Fen Phen users nationwide, becoming industry leaders along the way.
Kip
Petroff's work in Fen Phen litigation has been nationally
recognized in both print and
television media. The non-fiction book Dispensing
With The Truth, by Alicia Mundy,
prominently features Kip Petroff as a Fen Phen litigation
expert.
In
addition to the numerous articles presented on the Press page of this web site,
an excellent list of Fen-Phen and Products Law related news stories can be found at: www.productslaw.com/fenphen.html.
For more information on AHP's Diet Drug Settlement
Trust, see AHP's
Diet Drugs Claims Administration Web Site.
Petroff & Associates has extensive experience in handling numerous types of Fen Phen cases, including cases involving heart valve surgery, severe heart or lung problems, and death. We have successfully settled more than one hundred cases involving surgery claims (both as Opt Outs and as claims in the class action settlement), and we have handled and are handling numerous other "High Level Claims" involving death and other serious heart conditions for clients who are entitled to financial compensation under the Nationwide Diet Drug Settlement. We believe that people with these injuries deserve lawyers with extensive experience handling these claims. We will evaluate your potential surgery or High Level Claim free of charge and inform you of whether we will agree to represent you if you CLICK HERE and complete our NEW CLIENT QUESTIONNAIRE.
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This document is intended
to provide only a very general overview of the law
involved in a particular area of litigation, and
it is not intended to substitute for an experienced
legal opinion based upon the individual facts of
your case. It is strongly recommended that anyone
not currently represented by counsel who is reading
this page in an effort to understand the legal implication
of their fen-phen claim should immediately seek
experienced legal advice with respect to the individual
facts of their particular case.
