A pain medication skin patch, manufactured by Janssen Pharmaceutica in New Jersey, caused the deaths of two women from separate families, one in Salt Lake County and one in Tooele County. According to their autopsies, Gina Denise, 42, and Victoria Price, 56, both died of drug poisoning from the drug patches. Their families have filed lawsuits, both stating that the women were found dead in their homes one or two days after receiving the patch, prescribed to them for different reasons. The patch, Duragesic, is designed to give the pain killer fentanyl in controlled doses. Both lawsuits claim seven counts of wrongful death, including product liability and negligence of failing to research and design the patch. The FDA had stated, in July, a public health advisory warning that the patch was capable of causing death by overdose.
Their families filed lawsuits independently in 3rd District Court several weeks ago, and were moved this week to Utah’s District Court by request of defending companies. A third suit has been filed this month in district court by the family of Marylin Titus, 72, who died two years ago.
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