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Court allows drug label lawsuit

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

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The Supreme Court, voting 6-3, ruled on Wednesday that federal approval of labels giving warnings about effects of drugs does not bar lawsuits under state law claiming inadequate warnings of a health risk.  The ruling came in the case of Wyeth v. Levine (06-1249).  This was the only decision of the day. The history of the [...]

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on March 04, 2009 (boomark / email).

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