IN RE FOSAMAX (ALENDRONATE SODIUM) PRODUCTS

Nos. 14-1900 et al.

852 F.3d 268 (2017)

IN RE: FOSAMAX (ALENDRONATE SODIUM) PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: March 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Frederick, Esq. [Argued], Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick, 1615 M Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036. Edward Braniff, Esq. , Michael E. Pederson, Esq. , Weitz & Luxenberg, 700 Broadway, New York, NY 10003. Donald A. Ecklund, Esq. , Carella Byrne Cecchi Olstein Brody & Agnello, 5 Becker Farm Road, Roseland, NJ 07068, Counsel for Appellant.

John H. Beisner, Esq. , [Argued], Jessica D. Miller, Esq. , Geoffrey M. Wyatt, Esq. , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, 1440 New York Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. Andrew T. Bayman, Esq. , Chilton D. Varner, Esq. , King & Spalding, 1180 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30309. Karen A. Confoy, Esq. , Fox Rothschild , 997 Lenox Drive, Princeton Pike Corporate Center, Building 3, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Wilfred P. Coronato, Esq. , Hughes Hubbard & Reed, 101 Hudson Street, Suite 3601, Jersey City, NJ 07302. David J. Heubeck, Esq. , Stephen E. Marshall, Esq. , Paul F. Strain, Esq. , Venable, 750 East Pratt Street, Suite 900, Baltimore, MD 21202, Counsel for Appellee.

Todd N. Hutchison, Esq. , Alfred W. Putnam, Jr., Esq. , Carol F. Trevey, Esq. , Drinker Biddle & Reath, 18th & Cherry Streets, One Logan Square, Suite 2000, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

Before: FUENTES, CHAGARES, and RESTREPO, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Beginning in 2010, hundreds of plaintiffs filed personal-injury suits against the drug manufacturer Merck Sharp & Dohme, alleging that the osteoporosis drug Fosamax caused them to suffer serious thigh bone fractures. Each Plaintiff brought a state-law tort claim alleging that Merck failed...

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