ORTHO-McNEIL-JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. v. STATE

No. CV-13-468.

2014 Ark. 126

ORTHO-McNEIL-JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., f/k/a JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA, INC., AND/OR JANSSEN, LP; and JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Appellants, v. STATE OF ARKANSAS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered March 20, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Melveny &Myers, LLP, by: Charles C. Lifland (California), Stephen D. Brody and Walter Dellinger , (Washington DC); Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, by: Thomas F. Campion (New Jersey), Edward M. Posner , Gregg W. Mackuse , (Pennsylvania); and Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, by: James M. Simpson , Laura H. Smith , Robert S. Shafer , and Martin A. Kasten , for appellants.

Dustin McDaniel , Att'y Gen., by: Bradford J. Phelps , Chief Deputy Att'y Gen.; Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, by: David C. Frederick , Derek T. Ho , and Caitlin S. Hall ; and Bailey Perrin Bailey PLLC, by: Fletcher V. Trammell , Robert W. Cowan , Justin C. Jenson , and Elizabeth W. Dwyer , for appellee.


COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON, Associate Justice.

On January 31, 2013, the Pulaski County Circuit Court awarded $180,851,370 in attorney's fees and $298,799.86 in costs to the State as the prevailing party in Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. State, 2014 Ark. 124, ___ S.W.3d ___, Pulaski County Circuit Court case number CV-2007-15345. For reversal, appellant Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., f/k/a Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., and/or Janssen...

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