Drugs - Liability

Related cases on the FDA, Medical Devices, Marijuana and Narcotics Laws, general Products Liability, and Federal Preemption of State Law.

Attorney sanctions in Phen-Fen settlement - 2005

Class Action Certified in OxyContin Case on Over-Promotion - Howland v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., 2003 WL 21637968, 2003-Ohio-3699 (Ohio App. 12 Dist. 2003)

Learned Intermediary in Louisiana - Stahl v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., 283 F.3d 254 (5th Cir.(La.) 2002)

Brief - Physician fails in emotional distress claiming against drug manufacturer for injury to patient - Fetick v. American Cyanamid Co., 38 S.W.3d 415 (Mo. 2001)

Brief - Liability for allowing a drug salesman in an examination room - Sanchez-Scott v. Alza Pharmaceuticals, 86 Cal.App.4th 365, 103 Cal.Rptr.2d 410 (Cal.App. 2 Dist. 2001)

Nebraska rejects Restatement 3rd in Accutane case - Freeman v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., 260 Neb. 552, 618 N.W.2d 827, 618 N.W.2d 827 (Nebraska 2000)

Court allows expert speculation over Daubert objections - Miller v. Pfizer, Inc., 2000 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 9816 (D.Kan. 6-23-00)

Brief - Does PMA approval trigger federal preemption of state lawsuits against a medical device supplier? - Haidak v. Collagen Corp., 67 F.Supp.2d 21 (D.Mass. 1999) and Weiland v. Telectronics Pacing Systems, Inc., 721 N.E.2d 1149 (Ill. 1999)

Brief - What is the standard for a pharmacist's duty to warn? - Morgan v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 03-99-00700-CV (Tex.App. Dist.3 08-10-2000)

Brief - The Fen-Phen Settlement - Brown v. American Home Products Corporation Diet Drugs, No. 99-20593 (E.D.Pa. 08-28-2000)

Perez v. Wyeth Laboratories Inc., 161 N.J. 1, 734 A.2d 1245 (N.J. Aug 09, 1999) - This case limits the learned intermediary defense when there is direct marketing of prescription drugs (Norplant) to consumers. 

Supreme Court Finds Medical Device Amendments do not Preempt State Tort Law - Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr, 518 U.S. 470 (1996)

Supreme Court establishes standards for scientific evidence (liability for Bendectin) - Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993)

Brief - Governmental Immunity and FDA Actions - Polio Vaccine - Berkovitz by Berkovitz v. U.S., 486 U.S. 531 (1988)

Feldman v. Lederle Laboratories, 479 A.2d 374 (N.J. 1984) - This is a key case analyzing the application of products liability to drugs.

Stevens v. Parke, Davis & Co., 507 P.2d 653 (Cal. 1973) - This is the classic case that held that over promotion of a drug can dilute the warnings.

Sterling Drug Inc. v. Yarrow, 408 F.2d 978 (8th Cir. 1969) - This is the classic failure to warn the learned intermediary case.