Trial Settlement
Weeks after the 2nd Circuit's denial of a rehearing en banc in Kiobel, another longstanding lawsuit brought under the Alien Tort Statute against Pfizer came ...
March 31, 2011 at 08:00 PM
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Weeks after the 2nd Circuit's denial of a rehearing en banc in Kiobel, another longstanding lawsuit brought under the Alien Tort Statute against Pfizer came to a conclusion, with the company reaching a confidential and amicable settlement with Nigerian plaintiffs affected by a drug trial 15 years ago.
“It's unclear to me whether there's a direct link with Kiobel,” says Judith Archer, a partner at Fulbright & Jaworski. “But I think the case may well have been a factor.”
The claimants are the families of children whose cases of meningitis were treated with Trovan, an experimental Pfizer drug, without parental consent. The treatment led to 11 deaths and numerous injuries. In 2009, Pfizer settled a suit with the Kano state government in Nigeria, creating a trust fund to compensate victims.
Weeks after the 2nd Circuit's denial of a rehearing en banc in Kiobel, another longstanding lawsuit brought under the Alien Tort Statute against
“It's unclear to me whether there's a direct link with Kiobel,” says Judith Archer, a partner at
The claimants are the families of children whose cases of meningitis were treated with Trovan, an experimental
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