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ECKHARDT v. QUALITEST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

No. 13-40151.

751 F.3d 674 (2014)

Roy ECKHARDT; Yolanda C. Eckhardt, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. QUALITEST PHARMACEUTICALS, INCORPORATED; Wyeth, Incorporated, individually and as Successor-in-Interest to A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated and American Home Products; Schwarz Pharma, Incorporated; Vintage Pharmaceuticals, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 13, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence J. Donahue, Jr. (argued), Esq. , Daniel J. McGlynn , McGlynn Glisson & Mouton, Baton Rouge, LA, William B. Curtis , Curtis Law Group, Dallas, TX, John T. Flood , Flood & Flood, Corpus Christi, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Tammara N. Tukloff , Carolyn Taylor , Morris Polich & Purdy, L.L.P., San Diego, CA, Marjory Colvin Batsell , Colvin, Chaney, Saenz & Rodriguez, L.L.P., Brownsville, TX, Kannon K. Shanmugam , Williams & Connolly, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Michael Randolph Klatt , Austin, TX, Henninger Simons Bullock (argued), Andrew Jonathan Calica , Mayer Brown, L.L.P., Mark Cheffo (argued), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, Charles Stephen Kehey , Mayer Brown, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, Roy Eckhardt,1 appeals the judgment of the district court dismissing his claims again Wyeth and Schwarz Pharma (together, the "Brand Defendants") under Rule 12(b)(6) and granting summary judgment to Qualitest Pharmaceuticals and Vintage Pharmaceuticals (together, the "Generic Defendants"). Eckhardt alleges that as a result of his prolonged use of the drug metoclopramide, he developed tardive...

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