COTTRELL v. ALCON LABORATORIES

No. 16-2015.

874 F.3d 154 (2017)

Leonard COTTRELL; Sandra Henon; William Reeves; George Herman; Simon Nazzal; Carol Freburger; Jack Liggett; Patricia Bough; Mack Brown; Dolores Gillespie; Deborah Harrington; Robert Ingino; Edward Rogers, Jr.; Deborah Rusignulolo; Dorothy Stokes; Josephine Troccoli; Hurie Whitfield; Thomas Layloff; Carolyn Tanner; Patsy Tate; John Sutton; Jesus Renteria; Glendelia Franco; Nadine Lampkin, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants v. ALCON LABORATORIES; Alcon Research Ltd.; Falcon Pharmaceuticals Ltd.; Sandoz Inc.; Allergan Inc., RP; Allergan USA Inc.; Allergan Sales LLC; Pfizer Inc.; Valeant Pharmaceuticals International; Bausch & Lomb Inc.; Aton Pharma Inc.; Merck & Co Inc.; Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.; Prasco LLC; Akorn Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: October 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LEAH M. NICHOLLS, ESQ. [ARGUED], Public Justice, P.C., 1620 L. St. N.W., Suite 630, Washington, DC 20036, RICHARD S. CORNFELD, ESQ. , Law Office of Richard S. Cornfeld, 1010 Market St., Suite 1720, St. Louis, MO 63101, JOHN G. SIMON, ESQ. , KEVIN M. CARNIE, JR., ESQ. , The Simon Law Firm, P.C., 800 Market St., Suite 1700, St. Louis, MO 63101, JEFFREY W. HERRMANN, ESQ. , Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP, Park 80 West-Plaza One, 250 Pehle Ave., Suite 401, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663, BRIAN S. WOLFMAN, ESQ. , 600 New Jersey Ave. N.W., Suite 312, Washington, DC 20001, Counsel for Appellants.

ROBYN E. BLADOW, ESQ. [ARGUED], AUSTIN C. NORRIS, ESQ. , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 333 South Hope Street, 29th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Counsel for Appellee Pfizer, Inc.

LIZA M. WALSH, ESQ. , ELEONORE OFOSU-ANTWI, ESQ. , Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly & Falanga LLP, One Riverfront Plaza, 1037 Raymond Boulevard, Suite 600, Newark, NJ 07102, Counsel for Appellees Pfizer, Inc., Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, and Aton Pharma, Inc.

ROGER B. KAPLAN, ESQ. , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 200 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932, GREGORY E. OSTFELD, ESQ. , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 77 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60601, LORI G. COHEN, ESQ. , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, 3333 Piemont Road NE, Suite 2500, Atlanta, GA 30305, Counsel for Appellees Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Alcon Research Ltd., Sandoz Inc. and Falcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.

CHARLES B. CASPER, ESQ. , Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, LLP, LibertyView, Suite 600, 457 Haddonfield Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002, STEPHEN G. STRAUSS, ESQ. , TIMOTHY J. HASKEN, ESQ. , Bryan Cave LLP, 211 N. Broadway, Suite 3600, St. Louis, MO 63102, Counsel for Appellees Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., and Prasco, LLC.

ROBERT J. McGUIRL, ESQ. , Law Offices Of Robert J. McGuirl, LLC, 295 Spring Valley Road, Park Ridge, NJ 07656, Counsel for Appellees Allergan, Inc., Allergan USA, Inc., and Allergan Sales, LLC.

JAMES P. MUEHLBERGER, ESQ. , LORI A. MCGRODER, ESQ. , Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, 2555 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108, Counsel for Appellees Allergan, Inc., Allergan USA, Inc., Allergan Sales, LLC, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, and Aton Pharma, Inc.

WALTER H. SWAYZE, III, ESQ. , MEGAN E. GROSSMAN, ESQ. , KYLE G. EVERLY, ESQ. , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd., 15 Exchange Place, Suite 1020, Jersey City, NJ 07302, JOHN M. KILROY, JR., ESQ. , Polsinelli PC, 900 W. 48th Place, Suite 900, Kansas City, MO 64112, J. STANTON HILL, ESQ. , Polsinelli PC, 1355 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30309, Counsel for Appellee Akorn, Inc.

JULIE NEPVEU, ESQ. , AARP Foundation Litigation, Room B4-245, 601 E Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20049, Counsel for Amicus AARP & AARP Foundation, in support of Appellants.

RICHARD A. DEAN, ESQ. , Tucker Ellis, 950 Main Avenue, Suite 1100, Cleveland, OH 44113, Daniel J. Kelly, ESQ. , Tucker Ellis LLP, One Market Plaza, Steuart Tower Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94105, Benjamin C. Sasse, ESQ. , Tucker Ellis LLP, 950 Main Ave., Suite 1100, Cleveland, OH 44113, Counsel for Amicus Generic Pharmaceutical Association, in support of Appellees.

JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ, ESQ. , PAUL A. MEZZINA, ESQ. , King & Spalding, 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006, Counsel for Amicus Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Tort Reform Association, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, and National Association of Manufacturers in support of Appellees.

ANITA HOTCHKISS, ESQ. , Goldberg Segalla, 902 Carnegie Center, Suite 100, Princeton, NJ 08540, Counsel for Amicus Product Liability Advisory Council, in support of Appellees.

Michael J. Quirk, ESQ. , Williams Cuker Berezofsky, LLC, 1515 Market Street, Suite 1300, Philadelphia PA 19102-1929, National Association of Consumer Advocates.

Before: CHAGARES, RESTREPO, and ROTH, Circuit Judges


OPINION OF THE COURT

In this putative class action, consumers of prescription eye medication allege that manufacturers and distributors of the medication packaged it in such a way that forced them to waste it, violating the consumer protection statutes of their home states...

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