PURDUE PHARMA, L.P. v. ESTATE OF HEFFNER

No. 2003-IA-01287-SCT.

904 So.2d 100 (2004)

PURDUE PHARMA, L.P., Purdue Pharma Inc., the Purdue Frederick Company and Winston T. Capel, M.D. v. ESTATE OF Jocelyn HEFFNER, Jennifer Burrough and Edward Soffra.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 7, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve J. Allen, and Christopher A. Shapley, Robert L. Gibbs, Lawrence Elvin Allison, Sr., Jackson, Chris J. Walker, and John Lewis Hinkle, IV, Jackson, attorneys for appellants.

William Roger Smith, III, James Michael Terrell, Robert Gordon Methvin, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.


COBB, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Three plaintiffs filed suit in the Circuit Court of Holmes County for injuries allegedly sustained after using the prescription drug OxyContin. Jocelyn Heffner was a resident of Holmes County,1 Jennifer Burrough is a resident of Yazoo County, and Edward Soffra is a resident of Hancock County. They filed suit against non-resident defendants Purdue Pharma2 and...

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