YATES v. ORTHO-McNEIL-JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS

No. 15-3104.

808 F.3d 281 (2015)

Stephanie YATES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ORTHO-McNEIL-JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; Alza Corporation; Johnson & Johnson & Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.; Johnson & Johnson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 11, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Paul A. Woodard , Connors & Vilardo, LLP, Buffalo, New York, for Appellant. Irene C. Keyse-Walker , Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: Paul A. Woodard , Terrence M. Connors , Connors & Vilardo, LLP, Buffalo, New York, Daniel G. Tronolone , Tronolone & Surgalla, P.C., Buffalo, New York, for Appellant. Irene C. Keyse-Walker , Robert C. Tucker , Julie A. Callsen , Michael J. Ruttinger , Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Susan M. Sharko , Jennifer La Mont , Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Florham Park, New Jersey, for Appellees.

Before: GIBBONS and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges; ANDERSON, District Judge.


OPINION

Stephanie Yates experienced a stroke while using the ORTHO EVRA® birth control patch, and she now seeks to hold the designers and manufacturers of the patch liable. Yates appeals the district court's award of summary judgment to defendants on all five of her claims. For the reasons set forth...

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