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Split 8th Circuit Panel Affirms Sprint Fidelis Preemption Ruling
Posted on 15 Oct 2010 by Tom Moylan

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

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9th Circuit: Failure-To-Warn Claim For Nonprescription Drugs Is Not Preempted
Posted on 25 Jan 2011 by Tom Moylan

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

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6th Circuit Reverses Preemption-Based Dismissal Of Diet Drug Negligence Claims
Posted on 18 Aug 2010 by Michael Lefkowitz

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

Tags: Supreme Court , drugs , punitive damages , Wyeth , preemption , PPH , Oliver Wimbush v. Wyeth , design defect , tort , personal injury , Wyeth v. Diana Levine , diet drugs , 6th Circuit , Tobin v. Astra Pharm. Produs. , Food Drug and Cosmetic Act , Reduc , FDCA , Longs v. Wyeth , Litigation , primary pulmonary hypertension