First Personal Injury Lawsuit Over Risperdal Starts in New Jersey

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Gary Skala’s claim that 14 years of Risperdal caused his diabetes went to trial in New Jersey yesterday in the first personal injury lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson to be presented to a jury. The trial follows J&J’s losses in Risperdal-related cases in Louisiana, South Carolina, and to the United States Government, and starts two weeks after J&J’s settlement of claims regarding fraudulent marketing of Risperdal in Texas.
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Kermit Cole
Kermit Cole is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He and his partner, Luisa Putnam, joined by their mutual interest in working with trauma and psychosis, studied Open Dialogue in Finland and Peer-supported Open Dialogue in the UK in order to practice and teach as a team. In 2011, they joined with Robert Whitaker to found the Mad in America website

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