NELSON v. INDEVUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

No. B183942.

48 Cal.Rptr.3d 668 (2006)

142 Cal.App.4th 1202

Paula NELSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. INDEVUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Five.

September 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hackard & Holt and Theodore J. Holt and Peter T. Holt, Gold River, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Raoul D. Kennedy, San Francisco; and Katherine Armstrong, pro hac vice, for Defendant and Respondent.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

ARMSTRONG, J.

This lawsuit arises from plaintiff and appellant Paula Nelson's use of the prescription diet drug dexfenfluramine (sold as Redux), which was promoted and marketed by defendant and respondent Indevus. Redux and a similar drug, Pondimin (both commonly known as "Fen-phen") were withdrawn from the market in September of 1997, on reports...

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