KOBAR EX REL KOBAR v. NOVARTIS CORP.

No. CIV 010156PHXSRB.

378 F.Supp.2d 1166 (2005)

Rose Lynn KOBAR, by her Guardian and Conservator Melissa Ann KOBAR, Plaintiff, v. NOVARTIS CORPORATION; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Novartis Consumer Health, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

June 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Westover, Lawrence H. Lieberman (Cross & Lieberman, P.A.), Phoenix, AZ, David S. Shughart, Phoenix, AZ, and Barry A. MacBan, Tucson, AZ, for plaintiff.

Aton Arbisser, Jan E. Dodd, and William Stoddard (Kaye Scholer LLP), Los Angeles, CA, and Andrew M Federhar (Fennemore Craig), Tucson, AZ, for defendant.


ORDER

BOLTON, District Judge.

This case arises out of injuries that Plaintiff Rose Lynn Kobar sustained allegedly as a result of ingesting Tavist-D, a drug manufactured by Defendant Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. ("NCH") containing phenylpropanolamine ("PPA"). At issue is Defendant's motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of punitive damages (Doc. 185).

I. BACKGROUND

Tavist-D is a cold, cough and allergy medicine. One...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases