J&J told to pay family $63M in Motrin case

Health care company Johnson & Johnson has been told to pay a Massachusetts teenager and her parents $63 million after she suffered a life-threatening drug reaction and lost most of her skin when she took a children’s pain reliever nearly a decade ago.

A Plymouth Superior Court jury Wednesday decided Johnson & Johnson and its McNeil Laboratories subsidiary should pay Samantha Reckis and her parents a total of $109 million, including interest.

Family attorney Brad Henry says Samantha was 7 when she was given Motrin brand ibuprofen.

She suffered a rare side effect known as toxic epidermal necrolysis and lost 90 percent of her skin and was blinded.