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AHP 1: Stock rise ignores the fen-phen litigation
May 30,1998 Introduction: After American Home Products withdrew Redux and Pondimin from the market last September, the stock fell. In [...]
AHP 2: Punitive damages awarded in Diet Drug Cases
A summary of four earlier Verdict reports show that AHP had repeatedly underestimated reserves for fen-phen.
AHP 3: Diet drug settlement costs continue to rise
May 24, 2000 1) December 31, 1997: Verdict reported that AHP’s fen-phen exposure exceeded the then current estimates of $3-4 [...]
AHP 4: Fen-phen reservers were consistently low
On 5/27/05 Bloomberg said Wyeth increased fen-phen reserve to $21.1 billion Until AHP releases more data Verdict can not evaluate [...]
AHP 4: Fen-phen reserves were consitently low
As AHP continually changed its litigation reserves for fen-phen, Verdict repeatedly predicted the reserves were inadequate. The final cost was $20 billion.
AHP 5: Fen-phen, The $22 Billion Gold Rush
Forbes Magazine reports the final cost of AHP/Wyeth's fen-fen suits to be $22 billion.
Asbestos I: Executive Summary
March 11, 2003 1- Asbestos litigation has not peaked. Although 90% of asbestos claimants are unimpaired, the number of seriously [...]
Asbestos II: Litigation
March 10, 2003 Large verdicts and massive consolidated trials continue to shock investors, but most lawyers agree that nothing new [...]
Asbestos III: “Premises Defendants” Under-Reserved
March 10, 2003 I. Introduction Most companies that have been bankrupted by asbestos claims were defeated because the injuries of [...]
Asbestos IV: Conspiracy Theory in Asbestos Litigation
Introduction Since Johns Manville filed for bankruptcy in 1982, asbestos litigation has bankrupted 71 companies, but the disappearance of these [...]
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