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Allergan seeks court cost reimbursement

By Richard Binder

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Allergan is seeking $460,000 in legal costs from Dee Spears in the aftermath of her unsuccessful suit against the company.

Dee Spears had sued the Botox maker for $60 million, accusing it of concealing information about the dangers of the drug, which was used to relax the clenched limbs of her daughter Kristen, who had cerebral palsy and died in 2007.  A jury in Santa Ana decided last month that the company was not responsible for Kristen's death.

Allergan claims they served Dee Spears with a statutory offer to compromise, which went unaccepted.  Ray Chester, Spears' attorney, calls the reimbursement request "the worst case of corporate bullying I've seen."

Full story here.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on April 20, 2010 (boomark / email).

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