MORRIS v. PLIVA, INC.

No. 12-30319.

713 F.3d 774 (2013)

Penny MORRIS; John Morris, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. PLIVA, INCORPORATED, formerly known as Pliva USA, Incorporated; TEVA Pharmaceuticals USA, Incorporated; Actavis Elizabeth, L.L.C., as successor in interest, on behalf of Purepac Pharmaceutical Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 14, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Bograd , Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, DC, Terrence J. Donahue, Jr. , Daniel J. McGlynn , McGlynn Glisson & Mouton, Baton Rouge, LA, William B. Curtis , Curtis Law Group, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Joseph Paul Thomas , Linda E. Maichl , Jeffrey Francis Peck , Ulmer & Bernel, L.L.P., Cincinnati, OH, David Finley Butterfield , Mayer, Smith & Roberts, L.L.P., Shreveport, LA, Elizabeth Haecker Ryan , Coats, Rose, Yale, Ryman & Lee, P.C., New Orleans, LA, David Michael Gold , Aubert Law Firm, Covington, LA, Richard Anthony Oetheimer , Goodwin Procter, L.L.P., Boston, MA, Jonathan I. Price , Goodwin Procter, L.L.P., New York, NY, William F. Sheehan , Goodwin Procter, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Richard Alan Dean , Irene Childress Keyse-Walker , Michael J. Ruttinger , Tucker Ellis, L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DAVIS, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants Penny and John Morris sued Appellees PLIVA, TEVA, and Actavis — generic drug manufacturers — for injuries related to use of the drug metoclopramide (brand-name Reglan). This case is yet another in the expanding cohort controlled by PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing, ___ U.S. ___, 131 S.Ct. 2567, 180 L.Ed.2d 580 (2011), which held state law claims against generic manufacturers of Reglan preempted by...

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