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Supreme Court rules patients can sue drug makers

Posted by timethief • 3/05/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: court decisions, defective products, drug companies, legal claims, permission to sue manufacturers

Supreme Court rules patients can sue drug makers
The justices, acting in a Vermont case, reject the Bush administration's contention that drug companies should be shielded from lawsuits if their products were approved by the FDA.
By David G. Savage

March 5, 2009
Reporting from Washington -- The Supreme Court dealt a defeat to the pharmaceutical industry and the Bush administration Wednesday, ruling that federal approval of a prescription drug does not provide a shield against lawsuits from injured patients.

The 6-3 decision upholds the traditional right of American consumers to sue the manufacturer if they are harmed by a defective product.

Read the whole article --> www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-drug-lawsuits5-2009mar05,0,16...

User Comments

3/05/09

Anok

YES!!!!!!!

I can think of one particular drug company that needs the pants sued off it.

Bastards.

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3/05/09

MadameX

Very exciting news (and thanks for the link). I haven't read the actual case yet, but am very happy to see this in the wake of the opposite determination with regard to medical devices a year or so ago.

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1. 3/05/09
  
  timethief
  
  I popped the link over to you before I even read the whole article while shouting yes!
3/06/09

Agit8r

It might have been more expedient to regulate manufacturers, drug-pushing doctors, and advertising in the first place. 20/20 hindsight i s'pose

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1. 3/06/09
  
  voodooKobra
  
  Yeah, but one mistake corrected is progress.