Woman wins millions in drug case
By Kristen Gelineau in Sydney | China Daily | Updated: 2012-07-19 08:09
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Lynette Rowe leaves the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne with her legal team and supporters. Rowe, 50, who was born without arms and legs after her mother took Thalidomide during pregnancy, won a multimillion-dollar settlement against drug firms on Wednesday. Ho / Gordon Legal / Agence France-Presse |
An Australian woman born without arms and legs after her pregnant mother took the anti-morning sickness drug Thalidomide has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the medicine's British distributor, her lawyer told a court on Wednesday. The German maker of the drug refused to settle.
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