Lawsuit Filed Over Death of Child Who Used Cough and Cold Medicine

An Illinois woman whose child died after taking children's cough medicines has filed a lawsuit alleging that drug makers should have warned of the medicines' dangers sooner. The lawsuit names Walgreen Co. and McNeil, a unit of Johnson & Johnson. Experts testified before the Food and Drug Administration last month that the medicines posed a major health threat to children under age 6. Michael Tarm, Houston Chronicle 11/14/2007

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