IN RE PREMPRO PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

No. 07-1822.

514 F.3d 825 (2008)

In re PREMPRO PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, Helene Rush, Appellant, v. Wyeth, doing business as Wyeth, Inc., doing business as Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 31, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Newman, argued, Dallas, TX, Les Weisbrod and William B. Curtis, on the brief, Dallas, TX, for appellant.

F. Lane Heard, III, argued, Washington, DC, John W. Vardaman, Jr. and Stephen L. Urbanczyk, Washington, DC, and Lyn P. Pruitt, Little Rock, AR, on the brief, for appellee.

Before RILEY, MELLOY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


RILEY, Circuit Judge.

Helene Rush (Rush) was prescribed the Wyeth, Inc. (Wyeth) estrogen products Premarin and Prempro for symptoms related to menopause. Rush took the drugs for nearly ten years, beginning in August 1989. Rush was diagnosed with breast cancer in June 1999. Six years later, in March 2005, Rush filed this lawsuit alleging Wyeth's products caused her breast cancer. Rush's case is part of the multi district litigation...

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