Like the rest of you, we have enjoyed streaming new video offerings as we stave off social deprivation. But, more often than not, we find ourselves resorting to our “go to” stalwarts (we have mentioned Season 5, Episode 9 of Downton Abbey), among which we choose depending on the particular chord that needs to be
Warnings Causation
Twiqbal Triumphs, Albeit Without Prejudice, in W.D. Texas Hernia Mesh Decision
In these strangest of times, we find ourselves seeking comfort in the familiar. Many times each day, we dial the numbers of faraway loved ones, just to hear their voices (the twenty-something Drug and Device Law Rock Climber has threatened to block our number). We gravitate toward favorite foods of our childhood (we just resorted…
More Good “Warnings Causation” News from the Taxotere MDL
We are certain that profound revelations – scientific, economic, and political – will arise from the Covid-19 crisis. For now, we comment on bits of knowledge we have gained so far. We have learned, spending 24 hours each day with our dogs, that they bark 20 hours each day. We have learned that the concept…
Warning Causation Sinks Another Generic “Failure To Update” Claim
It’s Delaware week here at the DDL Blog. A couple of days ago we brought you a particularly clear-minded order rejecting innovator liability in the First State (so nicknamed because Delaware was the first of the original 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution in 1787), and yesterday we reported on a pair of Delaware orders…
Exclusion of Experts and Summary Judgment Affirmed in Maryland HUMIRA Case
Utah Federal Court Dismisses Birth Defect Failure to Warn Claim
No Voluntary Dismissal for Plaintiffs, and a Summary Judgment Win for Defendants, in Central District of California Risperdal Case
In the mass torts world in which we find ourselves, glimmers of jurisprudential light can seem few and far between. Two things we love are good warnings causation decisions and sneaky plaintiffs getting caught at their own games. Today’s case has both. In Thompson v. Janssen Pharm., Inc., 2017 WL 5135548 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 23,…
Good Risperdal Times, Part Three: Summary Judgment for Janssen in Philadelphia
We write this in the first minutes of the eclipse, about 75 minutes from whatever “totality” will be visible here in southeastern Pennsylvania. We have our certified safety glasses at the ready, we have instructed the midday dog-walker to keep the Drug and Device Law Little Shaggy Rescues indoors (lest they unwittingly look skyward), and…