O'NEAL v. SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORP.

No. CIV S-06-1063 FCD/DAD.

551 F.Supp.2d 993 (2008)

Terri S. O'NEAL, individually and as successor-in-interest to the Estate of Benjamin L. Bratt; Barry M. Bratt, individually, Plaintiffs, v. SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION d/b/a Glaxosmithkline, a Pennsylvania Corporation; and Does 1-50, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

January 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bijan Esfandiari, Robert M. Brava-Partain, George William Murgatroyd, III, Karen Barth Menzies, Baum Hedlund Aristie Goldman & Menzies, P.C, Los Angeles, CA, Frances M. Phares, PHV, Baum Hedlund, PC, Covington, LA, for Plaintiffs.

Andrew T. Bayman, PHV, Chilton D. Varner, PHV, Halli D. Cohn, PHV, S. Samuel Griffin, PHV, Sarah T. Sloan, PHV, King and Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA, Halli D. Cohn, PHV, King & Spalding, LLP, Washington, DC, Martha M. Harris, PHV, Robert E. Glanville, PHV, Thomas S. Wiswall, PHV, Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo, NY, Michelle Ann Childers, Thomas W. Pulliam, Jr., Drinker Biddle and Reath LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR., District Judge.

This matter is before the court on defendant SmithKline Beecham Corporation, d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline's ("GSK") motion for summary judgment on the ground plaintiffs Terri O'Neal and Barry Bratt's ("plaintiffs") state tort claims are preempted by federal law, i.e., the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ("FDCA"), 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., and its implementing regulations,...

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