Comments: Eli Lilly To Settle Zyprexa Claims With Feds, States For Record Amount
Phil, why in heaven's name, is a criminal trial not in the works???????Enron execs went to jail for money. Lilly execs need to go to jail for killing lots and lots of people.
Posted by Grieving at January 31, 2008 05:47 PM
I need to be clear on this: assuming that the criminal trial does not go ahead, and that Eli pays a fine in lieu, do we still get to say, quite legitimately, that it is a profoundly corrupt enterprise, riddled with fraudsters and charlatans? That is to say, does the very payment of the fine amount to an admission of guilt?
I ask this, because out-of-court settlements are usually made on a no-liability basis "to avoid the costs of litigation". Presumably, this approach does not work in the criminal law? Regrettably, having never practised law anywhere, let alone criminal law in the US, I'm not familiar with its administrative operation. In all events, I must confess to being dissatisfied with the focus being on the fact that a bunch of states shelled out a bunch of bucks owing to alleged dodgy marketing, while the implication that many, many patients had their lives endangered by this snake oil remedy appears to have been ignored...
Matt
Posted by Matthew Holford at February 3, 2008 06:03 AM