Risperdal Lawyer Interviews

Philadelphia, PA The Risperdal story may be responsible for some of the darkest events in the history of modern pharmaceuticals. It came to market as a promising medication designed to control psychotic thoughts and behavior in patients suffering from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

New Brunswick, NJ While the payout to Johnson & Johnson Risperdal whistleblowers is one of the biggest awards ever, attorney Gary Farmer - whose client was one of the Risperdal whistleblowers - says it is not much more than a slap on the wrist for the giant drug company.

Opelousas, LA It took the jury a little more than three hours to decide that Ortho-McNeil-Janssen and its parent company Johnson & Johnson had sent out false and misleading information about the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal. The jury set monetary damages at $257 million. "It is one of the largest verdicts in the St. Landry Parish and one of the largest in Louisiana in a case such as this," says attorney Patrick Morrow who handled the case on behalf of the state.