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WILLIAMS v. PURDUE PHARMA CO.

No. CIV.A.02-0556(RMC).

297 F.Supp.2d 171 (2003)

Robert WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE PURDUE PHARMA CO., et al. Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 31, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Lee Siegel, Neil L. Henrichsen, Henrichsen Siegel, PLLC, Washington, DC, Richard S. Lewis, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Eric H. Holder, Mark H. Lynch, Patrick S. Davies, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Kathleen Frances Sullivan, Paul F. Strain, Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP, Baltimore, MD, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COLLYER, District Judge.

The question raised by this lawsuit is whether patients who were prescribed a drug for pain, and who personally suffered no ill effects or lack of efficacy, can sue for money damages under D.C. law as consumers injured by the drug manufacturers' allegedly-fraudulent advertising claims. Finding that the answer is no, the Court will grant the defendants' motion to dismiss.

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