Family Awarded $63 Million After Child Lost Skin, Went Blind Because Of Johnson & Johnson Pain Reliever Motrin

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The family of a Plymouth-area girl who nearly died and was left legally blind after taking one of the country’s most common household medicines, Children’s Motrin, was awarded $63 million Wednesday by a Massachusetts jury that found health care giant Johnson & Johnson failed to warn patients adequately about the painkiller’s potential side effects.<br><br>The family of Samantha Reckis, who was 7 at the time she suffered the severe reaction, said the verdict by a Plymouth County jury was a “historic day for consumer safety.” The unusually large award still needs the approval of the trial judge in the case.</span><div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div> <img alt="Motrinbottle.jpeg.jpg" src="http://worldtruth.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Motrinbottle100200.jpeg.jpg"></div></div>

Family Awarded $63 Million After Child Lost Skin, Went Blind Because Of Johnson & Johnson Pain Reliever Motrin

The family of a Plymouth-area girl who nearly died and was left legally blind after taking one of the country’s most common household medic...

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