JOHNSON v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.

No. 12-31011.

758 F.3d 605 (2014)

Tina JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INCORPORATED; Qualitest Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated; Wyeth, L.L.C.; Schwarz Pharma, Incorporated; Alaven Pharmaceutical, L.L.C.; Generics Bidco I, L.L.C., doing business as Qualitest Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence J. Donahue, Jr., Esq. (argued), McGlynn Glisson & Mouton, Baton Rouge, LA, William B. Curtis , Curtis Law Group, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David Michael Gold, Esq. , Attorney, Christopher Joseph Aubert, Esq. , Aubert Law Firm, Covington, LA, Richard Anthony Oetheimer, Esq. (argued), Goodwin Procter, L.L.P., Boston, MA, Jonathan I. Price , Goodwin Procter, L.L.P., New York, N.Y., William F. Sheehan, Esq. , Attorney, Goodwin Procter, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Stanton E. Shuler, Jr., Esq. , Lauren Fajoni Bartlett , Attorney, Leake & Andersson, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Tammara N. Tukloff , Morris Polich & Purely, L.L.P., San Diego, CA, Kannan K. Shanmugam (argued), Williams & Connolly, L.L.P., Washington, DC, David Michael Melancon, Esq. , Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, L.L.C. New Orleans, LA, Henninger Simons Bullock , Mayer Brown, L.L.P., New York, N.Y., Andrew Jonathan Calica , Attorney, Mayer Brown, L.L.P., New York, N.Y., Megan Haggerty Guy , Gregory Fortier Rouchell , Adams & Reese, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Mark Cheffo , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP., New York, N.Y., for Defendants-Appellees.

Before SMITH, DENNIS, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:

Tina Johnson filed this products liability suit against generic and brand-name manufacturers of the prescription drug metoclopramide. Johnson alleges that her long-term use of generic metoclopramide caused her to develop a neurological disorder known as tardive dyskinesia, and that manufacturers provided misleading and inadequate warnings as to the risks associated with long-term use of the drug. The district court dismissed Johnson's claims...

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