Woman Left Blind After Reaction to Pain Meds Wins $21M Verdict - News - ABA Journal

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Woman Left Blind After Reaction to Pain Meds Wins $21M Verdict - News - ABA Journal

A woman who says she was blinded and burned by a prescription pain medication has been awarded $21 million by a federal jury in New Hampshire. The plaintiff, Karen Bartlett, had claimed the anti-inflammatory drug sulindac had caused Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis, skin diseases that can cause death, the Associated Press reports. The skin conditions inflamed Bartlett’s mucous membranes and eyes, causing burns that left her blind and seared her stomach, throat and lu

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