Sheridan & Murray

$2.2B

Qui Tam / Federal Fraud / Off-Label Marketing

Johnson & Johnson has agreed for its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals to plead guilty to criminal charges and Johnson & Johnson will pay $2.2 Billion to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from their unlawful promotion of certain prescription drugs. The global resolution is one of the largest health care fraud settlements in U.S. history, including criminal fines and forfeiture totaling $485 million and civil settlements with the federal government and states totaling $1.72 Billion. The government’s case against Johnson & Johnson and Janssen was based partly on a qui tam lawsuit filed by attorney Thomas W. Sheridan of the law firm of Sheridan and Murray, LLC on behalf of a former marketing manager at Janssen. The lawsuit filed by Sheridan provided the government with information relating to a range of improper marketing practices on the part of Johnson & Johnson/Janssen relating to the drug Risperdal from 1999 through 2005 and the drug Invega from 2007 through 2009. Johnson & Johnson/Janssen promoted the sale and use of its drug Risperdal for individuals and specific conditions for which it was not approved as safe and effective by the FDA. Johnson & Johnson/Janssen improperly promoted the sale and use of Risperdal for behavioral disturbances in elderly dementia patients, children and adolescents, and individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. The lawsuit also provided information regarding Johnson & Johnson/Janssen’s illegal payments to health care professionals and long-term pharmacy care providers to improperly promote and prescribe Risperdal in violation of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.

$1.9M

Construction Accident

Bulldozer accident at construction site resulting in the severing and reattachment of a soil technician’s leg. The firm’s trial attorneys successfully pursued a claim for...

$1.3M

Construction Accident

$1.318 million total recovery against a general contractor for a union plumber who was seriously injured when he slipped and fell on ice.

$8M

Medical Malpractice

An $8 million settlement was reached in a medical malpractice case for a patient against a hospital and its staff for failing to diagnose a life-threatening condition. The patient was evaluated in the hospital for significant neurologic problems that required that the patient be admitted for a proper examination and treatment. The patient’s doctors failed to admit him to the hospital and treat his condition. These failures caused the patient to suffer a permanent brain injury resulting in lifelong problems with understanding, memory, speech, reading and writing. The settlement will provide the patient with the ability to obtain the care and services that he will require for the rest of his life.

$1.8M

Workplace Accident

Closed head injury and severe leg injury to a truck driver in the receiving area of a major corporate defendant as a result of the...

$3.8M

Construction Accident / Wrongful Death

Settlement for the family of a union glazier that died during a scaffolding accident on a construction project at the Camden County Community College. Our Philadelphia personal injury attorneys successfully prosecuted negligence claims against the general contractor, Turner Construction, as well as negligence and products liability claims the scaffold manufacturer, Fraco.