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STEVENS v. NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.

No. DA 10-0029.

247 P.3d 244 (2010)

2010 MT 282

358 Mont. 474

Peggy L. STEVENS, Plaintiff, Cross-Appellant and Appellee, v. NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 30, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: W. Carl Mendenhall ; Worden Thane P.C.; Missoula, Montana, Joe G. Hollingsworth , Katharine R. Latimer ; Hollingsworth LLP; Washington, District of Columbia, Rebecca Anne Womeldorf (argued); Washington, District of Columbia.

For Appellee/Cross-Appellant: Terry N. Trieweiler (argued); Trieweiler Law Firm; Whitefish, Montana, James T. Towe ; Towe Law Offices; Missoula, Montana, Robert G. Germany ; Pittman, Germany, Roberts & Welsh, LLP; Jackson Mississippi, Bartlett T. Valad ; Valad & Vecchione, PLLC; Fairfax, Virginia.

Justice W. WILLIAM LEAPHART delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 A Missoula County jury returned a verdict awarding Peggy Stevens (Stevens) $3,200,000.00 in compensatory damages in Stevens' action for negligence against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Novartis). Stevens alleged that Novartis failed to properly warn that its drug, Zometa, causes osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) in patients who undergo dental surgery while taking the drug. The District Court...

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