JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA, INC. v. SCOTT

No. 2003-IA-00287-SCT.

876 So.2d 306 (2004)

JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA, INC. and Johnson & Johnson v. Izola SCOTT, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna Brown Jacobs, Christy D. Jones, John C. Henegan, Jackson, Robert L. Johnson, III, Natchez, attorneys for appellants.

Levi Boone, III, Santa Monica, attorney for appellees.

Before WALLER and COBB, P.JJ., and GRAVES, J.


GRAVES, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Sixty-five plaintiffs filed suit in Holmes County Circuit Court for injuries allegedly sustained from using the prescription drug Propulsid. Two of those plaintiffs were from Holmes County, with the rest residing in 23 counties of Mississippi's 82 counties.1 The suit was filed against the makers of Propulsid, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., which is a corporation based in New Jersey; Janssen's New...

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