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  • Trial Bar Tales

    08/22/2008 5:58:22 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 7 replies · 113+ views
    IBD Editorials ^ | August 22, 2008
    Tort Reform: A man who blamed his compulsive gambling and the losses he incurred on a prescription drug was awarded nearly $8.2 million by a jury. It's a good bet that his jackpot comes at the expense of others.Gary Charbonneau, a retired Milwaukee police officer, gambled before he took Mirapex and gambled after he got off the medication. According to reports, Charbonneau admitted that he took Mirapex for more than four years, 1997 to 2002, before he became a compulsive gambler. Yet a Minnesota jury generously awarded him $204,000 on July 30 to cover his gambling losses, $175,000 for his...
  • Parkinson's Drug Tied to Gambling Addiction

    07/11/2005 1:58:22 PM PDT · by Kokojmudd · 35 replies · 1,034+ views
    CHICAGO — Joe Neglia was a retired government intelligence worker with Parkinson's disease (search) when he suddenly developed what he calls a gambling habit from hell. After losing thousands of dollars playing slot machines near his California home several times a day for nearly two years, Neglia stumbled across an Internet report linking a popular Parkinson's drug he used with compulsive gambling. "I thought, 'Oh my God, this must be it,"' he said. Three days after stopping the drug, Mirapex (search), "all desire to gamble just went away completely. I felt like I had my brain back." A Mayo Clinic...