IN RE AVANDIA MARKETING, SALES & PROD. LIABILITY

No. 18-1010.

945 F.3d 749 (2019)

IN RE: AVANDIA MARKETING, SALES AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION UFCW Local 1776 and Participating Employers Health and Welfare Fund; J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., Appellants

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: December 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Sobol [ARGUED], Hannah W. Brennan , Edward Notargiacomo , Kiersten A. Taylor , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, 55 Cambridge, Parkway, Suite 301, Cambridge, MA 02142, James R. Dugan, II , Douglas R. Plymale , The Dugan Law Firm, 365 Canal Street, Suite 1000, New Orleans, LA 70130, Eric L. Young , McEldrew Young , 123 South Broad Street, Suite 2250, Philadelphia, PA 19109, Eric H. Gibbs , Anne-Marie J. de Bartolomeo , Gibbs Law Group, 505 14th Street, Suite 1110, Oakland, CA 94612, Counsel for Appellants.

Jay P. Lefkowitz [ARGUED], Thomas S. Burnett , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, Nina M. Gussack , Anthony C. Vale , Sean P. Fahey , Kyle A. Dolinsky , Hedya Aryani , Jeremy D. Heep , Yvonne M. McKenzie , Pepper Hamilton LLP, 3000 Two Logan Square, 18th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for Appellee.

Before: SMITH, Chief Judge, AMBRO and RESTREPO, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Plaintiffs, two health benefit plans ("Plans"), appeal the District Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant, GlaxoSmithKline LLC ("GSK"), the manufacturer of the prescription drug Avandia. The Plans brought suit against GSK under various state consumer-protection laws and the...

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