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"Ms. Cappel-Coffey, who was morbidly obese, a strong candidate for using diet drugs and had a family history of cardiovascular disease prior to taking diet drugs, did not develop PPH symptoms until more than four years after she stopped using Pondimin," Wyeth attorney Bill Sims said.

IF this is true...then I would propose that this judgement is the result of another runaway jury/judicial system. If the woman was morbidly obese (a prime candidate for cardio/vascular disease and early eath to begin with) and had been off the drug for 4 years before any symptom or sign of trouble began, how could this be pinned on Wyeth?

Then again, I still haven't seen the huge problem with the "fen-phen". Maybe it's just me, but it doesn't appear that the risks of this drug is any higher than a lot of drugs out there. If there is some sort of info I am not familiar with that would change this view - please feel free....

...how could this be pinned on Wyeth?

What makes you think that the jury cared about that? She's dead, they have a lot of money, and that's about all your fellow citizens need when it comes to assigning liability for things.