Product liability lawyers:drug companies ask U.S. Supreme Court protection

2008-11-03 22:26:33 (GMT) (JusticeNewsFlash.com - Drug Related Injuries, Product liability)

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Wyeth, a pharmaceutical company, and other drug companies, ask U.S. Supreme Court for billion dollar protection today. Product liability attorneys ask for protection for injured patients.

November 3, 2008, West Palm Beach, FL (JusticeNewsFlash.com)–A Vermont court’s $7 million dollar verdict, to a children’s musician, is being heard by the United States Supreme Court today. A Vermont jury has already awarded the plaintiff, Diana Levine, children’s musician. Wyeth, who markets themselves as “a global leader”, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed to warn against using Phenergan intravenously. For six weeks after Levine was given Phenergan, IV push, she watched her right hand gradually turn black. Doctors made multiple attempts to save Levine’s right arm before taking the only course of action available. To save Levine’s life, due to the damage caused by Phenergan, a common anti-nausea medication, surgeons had to amputate her right limb below the elbow.

JusticeNewsFlash insiders and product liability victims’ advocacy attorneys want Americans to understand what Wyeth, the FDA and other pharmaceutical drug makers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to approve today.

A product liability victory for pharmaceutical companies would put them closer to long-sought financial protection:

-National protection for drug companies whose products cause catastrophic injuries and deaths to patients and families.
-Banning American juries from setting tougher standards and regulations on drug companies and the FDA.

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Contributor Heather L. Ryan, RN, CLNC for JusticeNewsFlash–Ms. Ryan is a staunch advocate for injured patients and Americans. She continues to voice a concern for needed safety in consumer product, drug and food initiatives, FDA actions, veterans’ affairs, and children and elder abuse and neglect lawsuits. She lives in Jupiter, FL and works with attorneys and law firms in multiple cities nationwide including, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco, West Palm Beach, New York and Daytona Beach.