FREEMAN v. WYETH

No. 13-3556.

764 F.3d 806 (2014)

Patricia FREEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. WYETH; Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 13, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas I. Timko , argued, New York, N.Y., for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Frank Lane Heard , argued, Washington, DC, ( Tanya Marie Abrams , Washington, DC, Lyn P. Pruitt , Little Rock, AR, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, MELLOY and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Patricia Freeman was a plaintiff in a multidistrict litigation ("MDL") suit brought against Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and related entities (collectively, "Wyeth"). The district court1 dismissed Freeman's case for failure to prosecute and later denied her motion to reconsider. We affirm.

In early 2009, Freeman sued Wyeth in New York state court, alleging that she developed breast cancer after using Wyeth...

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