STATE v. ABBOTT LABS., INC.

2015 CA 1854 2015 CW 1626.

208 So.3d 384 (2016)

The STATE of Louisiana v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC.; Abbott Pharmaceuticals; Actavis Midatlantic, LLC; Andrx Laboratories, Inc.; Anip Acquisitions Co.; Auriga Pharmaceuticals, LLC; Blansett Pharmacal Company, Inc.; Boca Pharmacal, Inc.; Breckenridge Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Camline, LLC; Caraco Pharmaceuticals Laboratories, Ltd.; Centrex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Cornerstone Therapeutics, Inc.; E. Clairborne Robins Company, Inc.; Edwards Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Ferndale Laboratories, Inc.; Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Harvard Drug Group, LLC; Major Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Rugby Laboratories, Inc.; Hi-tech Pharmacal Company, Inc; Jaymac Pharmaceuticals, LLC; Kenwood Therapeutics; Bradley Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Larken Laboratories, Inc.; Laser Pharmaceuticals, LLC; Marnel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; MCR American Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Meda Pharmarceuticals, Inc.; Midlothian Laboratories, Inc.; Mylan, Inc.; Mylan Laboratories, Inc.; Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.; Cypress Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Hawthorn Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Zyber Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Poly Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Prasco Laboratories; Propst Distribution, Inc.; Qualitest Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Rivers Edge Pharmaceuticals, LLC; Shionogi, Inc.; Teamm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Accentia, Inc.; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.; Goldline Laboratories, Inc.; Copley Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Teva Women's Health, Inc.; United Research Laboratories, Inc.; Vision Pharma, LLC; Warner Chilcott Corporation; Wraser Pharmaceuticals, LLC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey "Jeff" Landry , Attorney General, Keetsie Gunnels , Nicholas J. Diez , Assistants Attorney General, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, And, Jerald P. Block , Thibodaux, Louisiana, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellant, State of Louisiana.

T. MacDougall Womack , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Attorneys for Defendants/Appellees, Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Teva, Pharmaceuticals, USA, Inc., Goldine, Laboratories, Inc., Copley, Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Teva Women's, Health, Inc., and Hi-Tech Pharmacal Company, Inc.

Jay P. Lefkowitz , John P. Del Monaco , Devora W. Allen , Ross L. Weiner , New York, New York, Pro Hac Vice.

BEFORE: PETTIGREW, McDONALD, AND DRAKE, JJ.


This is an appeal from a district court judgment sustaining an exception raising the objection of no right of action.1 For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the district court judgment in part, reverse in part, and remand the case for further proceedings.

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