BAILEY v. WYETH, INC.

Nos. L-0999-06 MT, L-1 147-06 MT, L-1019-06 MT

28 A.3d 856 (2008)

422 N.J. Super. 343

Dora BAILEY and Carol Bailey, w/h, Plaintiffs, v. WYETH, INC., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co., Defendants. Loretta DeBoard, Plaintiffs, v. Wyeth, Inc., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co., Defendants. Bette Kositsky and Mark Kositsky, w/h, Plaintiffs, v. Wyeth, Inc., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co., Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County, Law Division.

Argued February 8, 2008 and February 27, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Esther E. Berezofsky , Cherry Hill, and Kevin Haverty for plaintiffs (Williams, Cuker & Berezofsky, attorneys) and Richard S. Lewis (Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC) of the Washington, D.C. bar, admitted pro hac vice.

Lauren E. Handler , Morristown, (Porzio Bromherg & Newman, P.C.) and George E. McDavid , Princeton, and Daniel K. Winters (Reed Smith LLP) attorneys for defendants Wyeth, Inc., and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

David J. Cooner and Gita F. Rothschild , Newark, attorneys for defendants Pfizer and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. (McCarter & English LLP, attorneys) and Jay P. Mayesh (Kaye Scholer LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice.


HAPPAS, J.S.C.

I. Introduction

Presently before this Court are three choice-of-law motions filed by defendants, Wyeth, Inc., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ("Wyeth"), Pfizer Inc., and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co., ("Upjohn") (collectively "defendants"), to apply non-New Jersey law to three separate actions for damages allegedly caused by the ingestion of Premarin®, Provera® and Prempro™.

Before considering the merits of these choice of...

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