STRAYHORN v. WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Collyn A. Peddie , Law Offices of Collyn Peddie, Houston, Texas, for Appellants. Henninger S. Bullock , Mayer Brown LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees Schwarz and Alaven. Jeffrey F. Peck , Ulmer & Berne LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees Watson, Duramed, Pliva, and Barr. Richard A. Oetheimer , Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for Appellee Teva. ON BRIEF: Julie L. Rhoades , Matthews & Associates, Houston, Texas, for Appellants. Henninger S. Bullock , Andrew J. Calica , Mayer Brown LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees Schwarz and Alaven. Kannon K. Shanmugam , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C., for Wyeth Appellees. Jeffrey F. Peck , Linda E. Maichl , Joseph P. Thomas , Ulmer & Berne LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, Richard A. Oetheimer , Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, Irene C. Keyse-Walker , Julie A. Callsen , Michael J. Ruttinger , Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, Kathleen Kelly , Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, Katherine Frazier , Baker & Whitt, PLLC, Memphis, Tennessee, Daniel J. Herling , Keller and Heckman LLP, San Francisco, California, Shea Sisk Wellford , Martin Tate Morrow & Martson, Memphis, Tennessee, Mark S. Cheffo , Rachel B. Passaretti-Wu , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York, Albert C. Harvey , Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell, Memphis, Tennessee, Jonathan I. Price , Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, New York, William F. Sheehan , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C., Habib Nasrullah , Kelly A. Laudenslager , Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, Denver, Colorado, for Appellees.

GILMAN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which GRIFFIN, J., joined and STRANCH, J., joined in part. STRANCH, J. (pp. 40-55), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.