Did you take Brethine or Terbutaline during pregnancy between 1998 and 2011? If so, your children could be entitled to compensation.

Our mass tort attorneys recently obtained a very significant decision from the California Supreme Court that allows victims — specifically fraternal twins with brain damage and severe autism — to sue the brand-name manufacturer (Novartis) for injuries they suffered in utero when their mother was prescribed a generic drug called Terbutaline. Brethine (brand name)/Terbutaline (generic) was an asthma drug that was prescribed off-label to women to prevent pre-term labor.

The dirty little secret of the drug is that Novartis (brand-name manufacturer who later sold off the drug) knew that it could cause damage to fetuses in utero but did not adequately warn doctors or patients. The problem — for thousands of families — is that their children may have suffered severe complications as a result.