ST. LOUIS - A day after the parties announced a $268 million settlement and an end to the appeal, a split panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 15 affirmed that the plaintiffs' claims involving the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis heart... Read More
SAN FRANCISCO -- A mother's failure-to-warn claim against a manufacturer of generic ibuprofen is not preempted under the U.S. Supreme Court's prescription drug preemption ruling in Wyeth v. Diana Levine , a panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S.... Read More
CINCINNATI - (Mealey's) Citing the Supreme Court's rejection of implied preemption of pharmaceutical product liability in Wyeth v. Diana Levine (No. 06-1249, U.S. Sup.; 2009 U.S. LEXIS 1774), the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 18... Read More