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Wyeth v. Levine
| Close Date: |
03/04/2009 |
| Topic(s): |
Access to the Courts
Preemption of Consumer Remedies
Preserving Consumer Court Remedies, Access to the Courts, Attorney's Fees, and Related Issues
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| Status: |
closed |
| Citation: |
2006 VT 107 (2006) |
| Date Of Involvement: |
10/30/2006 |
| Docket: |
06-1249 |
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| Description: |
Public Citizen was co-counsel for respondent Diana Levine, a professional musician, who went to the hospital for treatment of a headache and, after being injected with a drug manufactured by Wyeth, left with injuries that led to the amputation of her right arm. Ms. Levine prevailed in a jury trial, and the verdict was sustained byt e Vermont Supreme Court. Wyeth petitioned to the Supreme Court, which took the case to consider whether approval by the Food and Drug Administration of a drugs label preempts state-law product-liability claims for failure to provide adequate warnings or instructions for use. Upholding the jury's verdict, the Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision that Ms. Levine's claims were not preempted. |
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