Archive for April, 2009

US Supreme Court Rejects Federal Pre-emption Defenses

3rd April 2009 by John Sedgewick Comments Off

The US Supreme Court recently issued two rulings that help keep the courts open to injured plaintiffs in product liability cases. Wyeth v. Levine involves a case against a drug company which sought dismissal of plaintiff’s case on the ground that any drug approved by the FDA cannot, as a matter of law be defective. [...]