WYETH LABORATORIES v. JAMES

No. 2003-IA-01255-SCT.

918 So.2d 1243 (2005)

WYETH LABORATORIES, A. Keith Lay, Jr., M.D., A. Keith Lay, Sr., M.D., et al. v. Lonelle JAMES, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred L. Banks, Jr., Kenneth W. Barton, Luther T. Munford, J. Robert Ramsay, William M. Gage, James W. Shelson, Jackson, Amanda Clearman Waddell, Gulfport, attorneys for appellants.

Fenton B. Deweese, II, Edward A. Williamson, Philadelphia, Merrida Coxwell, Eugene Coursey Tullos, Raleigh, Charles Richard Mullins, Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.


SMITH, Chief Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This appeal arises from a products liability suit brought by forty-two plaintiffs in Smith County Circuit Court against the manufacturer of two diet drugs, fifteen doctors who prescribed the drugs, and eight pharmacies who filled prescriptions for the drugs. Lonelle James, whose case was severed, and Alma Jones are the only Smith County plaintiffs remaining in this litigation. None of the pharmacy defendants or the four...

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