The first three significant Zantac MDL decisions, which we chronicled here, here, and here, were all issued on December 31, 2020. Today’s installment, In re Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation, ___ F. Supp.3d ___, 2021 WL 76433 (S.D. Fla. Jan. 8, 2021), was issued this year. For those of you who
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CARES Act Dooms Claim Targeting the Marketing of “Infant” Acetaminophen

By Andrew Tauber on
Posted in Preemption
Today’s post is a report on Jazmine Harris v. Topco Associates, LLC, ___ F. Supp.3d ___, 2021 WL 1885981 (N.D. Ill. May 11, 2021), which dismissed on preemption grounds a putative class action that challenged as fraudulent the marketing of acetaminophen for infants. The decision, whose result departs from earlier decisions in the area,…