Jury finds Bayer Corp. not liable in $560 million suit

Wednesday, March 19, 2003

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- A jury cleared Bayer Corp. of liability Tuesday in a $560 million lawsuit that accused the pharmaceutical giant of ignoring research linking the cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol to dozens of deaths.

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