Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Wyeth V Levine: Ruling Reopens Drug Lawsuits

nj.com has:

Ruling Reopens Drug Lawsuits


by Margaret Cronin Fisk and Jef Feeley / Bloomberg News
Sunday May 03, 2009, 3:00 PM

Long-stalled suits against drugmakers are again moving toward trial just two months after the U.S. Supreme Court decided patients can sue them over injuries from government-approved medicines.

A decision involving a Wyeth nausea treatment broke a logjam of cases in state and federal courts. The Supreme Court ruling affected more than 250 lawsuits involving at least 10 companies that were in limbo.

The Supreme Court decision may cost the industry "billions of dollars," said attorney Mark Herrmann at Jones Day in Chicago, who defends companies in similar suits. "There's no way to quantify it, but the number has as many zeroes in it as attacked Pearl Harbor." ........


It sounds like Mr Herrmann is envisioning a slightly Heftier gaveling than usual.

In March we ran:

US Supreme Court Rules AGAINST Preemption

where you can still obtain 80 pages of PDF from SCOTUS on Wyeth V Levine.

Hat Tip to Seroxat Sufferers
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2 comments:

  1. AnaMay 5, 2009 at 1:41 PM

    Sometimes I think that our blogs is a kind of Horror Show.
    People love to watch all kind of terrible news.
    If they discover our blogs they would have a lot of great material.
    You're doing a great work as always, D Bunker.

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  2. D BunkerMay 5, 2009 at 2:16 PM

    Thanks Ana;

    Wouldn't it be wonderful to envision a day when blogs like ours wouldn't Have any of these horrors to report?

    But till then, .....

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