SIHARATH v. SANDOZ PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.

Nos. CIV.A.195-CV-965TWT, CIV.A.195-CV-3068TWT.

131 F.Supp.2d 1347 (2001)

Bridget Guthrie SIHARATH, Plaintiff, v. SANDOZ PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION, Defendant. Bonnie Joyce Rider and Walter Anthony Rider, Plaintiffs, v. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Sandoz Ltd., a Swiss Corporation, and Sandoz Pharma Ltd., a Swiss Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

March 1, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert E. Hamilton, III, The Hamilton Firm, Rossville, GA, Andrew W. Hutton, Hutton & Hutton, Wichita, KS, Edward H. Kellogg, Jr., Steven W. Saccoccia, Daniel Wayne Sigelman, Kellogg Saccoccia & Sigelman, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff in No. 1:95cv00965.

Joe G. Hollingsworth, Katharine R. Latimer, William J. Cople III, Scott S. Thomas, Spriggs & Hollingsworth, Washington, DC, for Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation in Nos. 1:95cv00965 and 1:95cv03068.

Lawrence J. Myers, Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants in No. 1:95cv03068.

Lawrence J. Myers, Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, Atlanta, GA, for Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation in 1:95cv00965.

Andrew W. Hutton, Hutton & Hutton, Wichita, KS, Edward H. Kellogg, Jr., Kellogg Saccoccia & Sigelman, Atlanta, GA, Douglas Richard Powell, Hinton & Powell, Atlanta, GA, Steven W. Saccoccia, Kellogg Saccoccia & Sigelman, Atlanta, GA, Alan Yale Saltzman, Montlick & Associates, Atlanta, GA, Daniel Wayne Sigelman, Kellogg Saccoccia & Sigelman, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff in No.1:95cv03068.

Dennis P. Orr, Grant J. Esposito, Mayer Brown & Platt, New York City, for Sandoz Ltd. and Sandoz Pharma Ltd., No. 1:95cv03068.


ORDER

THRASH, District Judge.

These are two complex products liability actions. In each case, a postpartum woman suffered a stroke after taking a prescription drug manufactured by the Defendant. In its simplest form, the question presented is did the drug cause the strokes? Or, is the temporal association of taking the drug and a subsequent stroke merely coincidental? To begin to answer those questions, the Court must address the recurring issue of...

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