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: How Appealing"Court allows drug label lawsuit"
You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Wyeth v. Levine, No. 06-1249, at this link. Justice John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen G. Breyer joined. Justice Breyer also filed a concurring opinion. Justice Clarence Thomas filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. filed a dissenting opinion, in which the Chief Justice and Justice Antonin Scalia joined.
You can access the oral argument transcript at this link.
In early news coverage, Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that "Supreme Court rejects limits on drug lawsuits."
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that "Wyeth, Drugmakers Lose as Top U.S. Court Allows Suits."
And Reuters reports that "US top court rules against Wyeth in liability case."
Full post as published by How Appealing on March 04, 2009 (boomark / email).
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