Appellate Division Revives More Than 300 Accutane Suits
A state appeals court has revived more than 300 suits filed against Hoffmann-La Roche by users of the acne drug Accutane who claim the drug caused them to develop inflammatory bowel disease.
July 26, 2017 at 04:10 PM
6 minute read
A state appeals court has revived more than 300 suits filed against Hoffmann-La Roche by users of the acne drug Accutane who claim the drug caused them to develop inflammatory bowel disease.
The panel overturned grants of summary judgment to Hoffmann-La Roche in 18 cases where plaintiffs began taking the drug after April 2002, when the package insert was amended to say the drug was “associated with inflammatory bowel disease.” The court said plaintiffs presented evidence that Hoffmann-La Roche's knowledge of the drug's harmful effects was sufficient to present a jury question as to the adequacy of the warning. A finder of fact could conclude that the company concluded internally that there was a causal effect between Accutane and bowel disease, but did not disclose that in its warning.
Tuesday's Appellate Division ruling brings the Accutane docket in state court to more than 500 cases, up from 209 cases as of July 17. The ruling comes shortly after Hoffmann-La Roche won reversal of a $25 million verdict at the Appellate Division in May in McCarrell v. Hoffmann-La Roche. That came after the state Supreme Court reinstated that verdict in January.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View AllWhen in Doubt: What's a Dubitante Opinion, and Why Do Judges Write Them?
NJ Supreme Court Considers Ability to Add Nonparty Doctors to Med Mal Verdict Sheets
4 minute read'The Process Is a Minefield': Appellate Div. Mulls Whether Confirmed Superior Court Judge Can Keep Her Pension
5 minute readTrending Stories
- 1The Law Firm Disrupted: Playing the Talent Game to Win
- 2A&O Shearman Adopts 3-Level Lockstep Pay Model Amid Shift to All-Equity Partnership
- 3Preparing Your Law Firm for 2025: Smart Ways to Embrace AI & Other Technologies
- 4BD Settles Thousands of Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
- 5A RICO Surge Is Underway: Here's How the Allstate Push Might Play Out
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250