We've heard the stories. Pharmaceutical companies failing to warn of side effects. Marketing drugs illegally. Whistleblowers bringing incriminating evidence of corporate machinations leading to huge verdicts and settlements. And in this true-legal thriller, it all started with butterfly ballots putting a presidential election on hold.
Meet Stephen A. Sheller, an attorney whose career reads like an encyclopedia of the biggest legal cases of our time. Sheller fought tobacco companies and exposed fraud in their efforts to promote light cigarettes as safer than regular smokes, filed the first suit over the butterfly ballots in the controversial Bush v. Gore presidential election of 2000, and recovered a staggering $6.4 billion by going after pharmaceutical companies whose actions superseded patient safety.
Pharmageddon: A Nation Betrayed is the inside story of Sheller’s fights to hold accountable powerful pharmaceutical companies for aggressively campaigning for their product’s distribution in spite of dangers and side effects many prescription drugs carry. From uncovering the devastating effects on children and elderly to defending all of our rights in an increasingly complex legal system, Sheller has uncovered greed and avarice displayed by these multi-billion dollar corporations. Discover what happens when a legal champion takes up a cause.
Stephen A. Sheller, Esq., has been a passionate advocate for social justice for more than fifty years and a pioneer for national whistleblower lawsuits, championing consumer fraud litigation, filing the first legal challenge in Bush v. Gore, doggedly pursuing pharmaceutical company misconduct, and many more landmark cases. Sheller is also a sought-after voice in print and broadcast media as a thoughtful, reasonable commentator on legal issues. He and his wife are generous philanthropists and the founders of the Stephen and Sandra Sheller Center for Social Justice at Temple University.
Sidney D. Kirkpatrick is a critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author and award-winning documentary film director. The Smithsonian, National Archives, HBO, History Channel, Travel Channel, and, A&E Television networks have all featured his work. Biographical profiles of Kirkpatrick have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, Time, the New Yorker, and Playboy.
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