<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"BECKLEY &ndash; The estate of a Raleigh County woman has settled its wrongful death claim against Bayer Corporation for $203,000.<br /><br />On June 4, Putnam County Circuit Court Judge H.L. Kirkpatrick entered a final order approving the proposed settlement between Bayer and Onnie Cook, the administrator of the Estate of Phyllis Cook.<br /><br />Phyllis Cook died as a result of using the Bayer-made drug Trasylol, which is used to clot blood during surgery, her estate alleged. A multidistrict litigation proceeding that handles claims over the drug is taking place in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia.<br /><br />On March 29, Cook&rsquo;s estate filed a petition in Raleigh Circuit Court to approve a settlement.<br /><br />The petition was filed by David A. Kirkpatrick of Kirkpatrick Law Office in Beckley.<br /><br />A 40 percent attorneys fee of $81,200 is being paid to Davis &amp; Crump, a law firm in Gulfport, Miss, leaving $121,800 for the plaintiff.<br /><br />After an MDL assessment of three percent and other costs, the remaining $111,596.86 is being divided among husband Onnie and his children.<br /><br />From the West Virginia Record: Reach John O&rsquo;Brien at jobrienwv@gmail.com."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://wvrecord.com/stories/510605982-wrongful-death-settlement-from-trasylol-mdl-worth-203k>