$200M+ Judgment Against Eli Lilly Unanimously Affirmed by Seventh Circuit
After a fight lasting more than a decade, we are proud to share a big win for our whistleblower client: the Seventh Circuit unanimously affirmed our client’s $183 million judgement (now well over $200M+ including interest) against Eli Lilly and Company, rejecting their defenses as ‘defying common sense.’
WMHW Partner Dan Miller said:
“We are very happy with the Seventh Circuit’s decision affirming, across the board, the jury’s verdict and the Court’s judgement in our client’s favor. This has been a long and difficult road, and we are pleased to be one step closer to recovering an enormous amount of money for our nation’s taxpayers.
As to the Court’s decision on the penalty counting issue, we respectfully disagree. The record shows that we raised the appropriate objection on multiple occasions, which is why Lilly didn’t claim in its opposition brief that we failed to preserve the claim. We are disappointed that the Court raised this issue on its own, then decided it without any briefing from the parties.”
The WMHW team includes Dan Miller, Jonathan DeSantis, Daniel Cohen, and Jennifer Logan.