Phillipa Peters\u2019 family filed a wrongful death lawsuit, citing fraud and redhibition against Big Pharma giant Pfizer. Redhibition is a civil action in Louisiana filed against a seller\/maker of a defective product.<\/p>\n
The Peters family states in their lawsuit that Pfizer was negligent in their marketing of Lipitor, referred to as a statin designed to allegedly lower cholesterol levels in users. The drug company allegedly did not say much about the very high risk of Lipitor causing diabetes.<\/p>\n
According to the statement of claim, Phillipa Peters took Lipitor from 1996 until 2014, the year of her death. She was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 1997. Due to various complications arising from the diabetes, Peters needed dialysis until she died in Nov. 2014.<\/p>\n
Peters spent a lot of time in and out of hospitals and as a result accrued large medical bills. On her death, her family would need to find a way to (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Phillipa Peters\u2019 family filed a wrongful death lawsuit, citing fraud and redhibition against Big Pharma giant Pfizer. Redhibition is a civil action in Louisiana filed against a seller\/maker of a defective product. The Peters family states in their lawsuit that…<\/span><\/p>\n