In re WEST VIRGINIA REZULIN LITIGATION and
State of West Virginia, ex rel. Sandra McCaffery, et al., Petitioners,
v.
The Honorable John A. Hutchison, Judge of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County; Warner-Lambert Company; and Parke-Davis, Respondents.
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Submitted February 26, 2003.
Decided July 3, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Marvin W. Masters, Esq., Richard A. Monahan, Esq., Masters & Taylor, L.C., Scott S. Segal, Esq., Deborah L. McHenry, Esq., The Segal Law Firm, Charleston, Carl N. Frankovitch, Esq., Frankovitch, Anetakis, Colantonio & Simon, Weirton, James C. Peterson, Esq., Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee & Deitzler, Charleston, H. Blair Hahn, Esq., Richardson, Patrick Westbrook & Brickman, Mt. Pleasant, SC, Guy R. Bucci, Esq., Bucci, Bailey & Javins, Charleston, J.C. Powell, Esq., Powell & Majestro, Charleston, Thomas W. Pettit, Esq., Pettit & Damron, Barboursville, for Sandra McCaffery, et al., Plaintiffs below.
Michael J. Farrell, Esq., Tamela J. White, Esq., Farrell, Farrell & Farrell, L.C., Huntington, Charles P. Goodell, Jr., Esq., Richard M. Barnes, Esq., Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, David Klingsberg, Esq., Maris Veidemanis, Esq., Robert Grass, Esq., Kaye Scholer, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Warner-Lambert Company and Parke-Davis, Defendants below.
Jeffrey M. Wakefield, Esq., Michelle M. Marinacci, Esq., Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, Charleston, for Joe A. Shy, D.O., et al., Defendants below.
Holly S. Bayhan, Esq., Jennifer B. Hagedorn, Esq., Morton, Herndon & Yeager, Wheeling, for Michael Renforth, M.D., Defendant below.
Karen Kahle, Esq., Heidi Kossuth, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson, Wheeling, for West Virginia University, et al., Defendants below.
Mark W. Browning, Esq., Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer, Charleston, for Louis Ortenzio, M.D., et al., Defendants below.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
STARCHER, Chief Justice.
In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Raleigh County, we are asked to examine a circuit court order denying a motion to certify a class action for users of an allegedly defective prescription drug. After consideration of the briefs, the arguments of the parties, and all other matters of record, we conclude that the circuit court erred, and reverse and remand the case for proceedings as a class...
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