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SMITH v. WYETH, INC.

Nos. 09-5460, 09-5466, 09-5509.

657 F.3d 420 (2011)

Lala SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WYETH, INC.; American Home Products Corporation; Pliva, Inc.; and Schwarz Pharma, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Alice Wilson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Pliva, Inc.; Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Wyeth, Inc.; and Schwarz Pharma, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Dennis Morris, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Pliva, Inc.; Schwarz Pharma, Inc.; Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA, Inc.; and UDL Laboratories, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Louis M. Bograd , Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, D.C., Claire Patricia Mary Prestel , Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Jeffrey R. Pilkington , Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Denver, Colorado, Joseph P. Thomas , Ulmer & Berne LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Louis M. Bograd , Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, D.C., Claire Patricia Mary Prestel , Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, D.C., Daniel J. McGlynn , McGlynn, Glisson & Mouton, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jeffrey A. Roberts , Roberts Law Office, Murray, Kentucky, for Appellants. Jeffrey R. Pilkington , Andrew M. Low , Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Denver, Colorado, Joseph P. Thomas , Linda E. Maichl , Ulmer & Berne LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, Richard H.C. Clay , Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Emily Fritts Whitty , Morris & Player, Louisville, Kentucky, Henninger S. Bullock , Andrew J. Calica , Mayer Brown LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees. Robert E. O'Malley , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois, Benjamin S. Kingsley , Douglas N. Letter , Sharon Swingle , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

Before: DAUGHTREY, GILMAN, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Lala Smith, Alice Wilson, and Dennis Morris developed tardive dyskinesia as a result of their use of generic metoclopramide, a drug prescribed for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. They filed individual actions against various manufacturers of generic metoclopramide, alleging that the defendants failed to include adequate information on product...

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