HUSA v. LABORATOIRES SERVIER SA


740 A.2d 1092 (1999)

326 N.J. Super. 150

Helen HUSA, John Williams, Geraldine A. Williams, Mona Maglone, and Andrea Krinsky, on behalf of themselves and the class of similarly situated New Jersey residents, Plaintiffs, v. LABORATOIRES SERVIER SA, American Home Products Corporation, Interneuron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., Wyeth-Ayerst International Ltd., Inc., A.H. Robins Company, Inc., Gate Pharmaceuticals, SmithKline Beecham Corporation, Seatrace Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Abana Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Richwood Pharmaceuticals, Company Inc., Ion Laboratories, Inc., Medeva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Fisons Pharmaceuticals, Defendants. Debra McKeown and Thomas McKeown, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Laboratoires Servier SA, Defendant-Appellant, and American Home Products Corporation, Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories a Division of American Home Products Corporation, and A.H. Robins Company, Inc., Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Lloyd, Hackensack, for defendant-appellant Les Laboratoires Servier (Harwood Lloyd, attorneys; Peter E. Mueller and Valerie Steiner, on the brief).

Margaret M. Allen, Pennsauken, for plaintiffs-respondents Debra McKeown and Thomas McKeown (Greitzer and Locks, attorneys; James J. Pettit, of counsel; Ms. Allen, on the brief).

Before Judges D'ANNUNZIO, NEWMAN and FALL.


The opinion of the court was delivered by D'ANNUNZIO, J.A.D.

This is a personal injury action against Les Laboratoires Servier (LS), a French pharmaceutical corporation, and other defendants. Plaintiffs-respondents, Debra and Thomas McKeown, sought to take the depositions of three individuals living in France who either had or have high-ranking employment with LS. LS moved for an order requiring use of the Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial...

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