Tamara TAYLOR and Lee Anne Rintz, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.
Tamara Taylor and Lee Anne Rintz, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Gate Pharmaceuticals, Defendant-Appellant.
Judith H. Robards and Kenneth W. Robards, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Gate Pharmaceuticals, Defendant-Appellant.
Tamara Taylor and Lee Anne Rintz, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Medeva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.
Judith H. Robards and Kenneth W. Robards, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Medeva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.
Tamara Taylor and Lee Anne Rintz, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
A.H. Robins Company, Inc., Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Company, and American Home Products Corporation, Defendants-Appellants,
Judith H. Robards and Kenneth W. Robards, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
A.H. Robins Company, Inc., Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Company, and American Home Products Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.
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Argued December 10, 2002.
Decided March 26, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charfoos & Christensen, P.C., (by David R. Parker, Samuel L. Simpson, and J. Douglas Peters), Detroit, MI, for Tamara Taylor, Lee Anne Rintz, Judith H. Robards, and Kenneth W. Robards.
Buesser, Black, Graham, & Buesser, P.C., (by Ronald F. Graham), Bloomfield Hills, MI, and Goodwin & Procter, LLP, New York, NY, for Gate Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Kitch Drutchas Wagner DeNardis & Valitutti (by Thomas J. Foley and Susan Healy Zitterman), Detroit, MI, for Smith-Kline Beacham Corporation.
Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. (by Robert G. Kamenec), Bloomfield Hills, MI, McDermott, Will & Emery (by Peter L. Resnik, Cathy McNeil Stein, and Kevin E. Young), Chicago, IL, and Bingham McCutchen, LLP (by Peter C. Neger), New York, NY, for Medeva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn (by Ronald S. Longhofer and Andrew Doctoroff), Detroit, MI, Secrest, Wardle, Lynch, Hampton, Truex & Morley (by John Mitchell and Michael L. Updike), Farmington Hills, MI, and Arnold & Porter (by Donald O. Beers, Darryl W. Jackson, and Michael C. Augustini), Washington, DC, for A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Wyeth Ayerst Laboratories Company, and American Home Products Corporation.
Kelley Cawthorne (by Dennis O. Cawthorne), Lansing, MI, Covington & Burling (by Bruce N. Kuhlik and David H. Remes), and Russel A. Bantham and Marjorie E. Powell, Washington, DC, for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
Clark Hill PLC (by James E. Brenner and Paul C. Smith), Detroit, MI, (Hugh F. Young, Jr., of counsel), Reston, VA, for The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C., (by Mary C. Dirkes), Bloomfield Hills, MI, for The Michigan Manufacturers Association.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
TAYLOR, J.
We granted leave to appeal in these consolidated products liability cases to consider the Court of Appeals holding that M.C.L. § 600.2946(5) is unconstitutional because it constitutes an improper delegation of legislative authority. As will be explained, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals because, correctly understood, the statute is a legitimate exercise of legislative authority. A delegation...
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