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Article: In brief: Actress wins diet pill case
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- Scotland on Sunday
- Article date:
- October 5, 2003
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A SINGAPORE television actress who blamed a diet pill for her
liver failure has been awarded more than GBP 300,000 in damages by
the country's High Court.
The court ruled that the Slim 10 diet pill was the most probable
cause of 29-year-old Andrea De Cruz's liver problem. Slim 10 importer
Semon Liu, his company, Health Biz, and distributor, TV Media, were
all found liable in the case.
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