COM. v. TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 212 M.D. 2004.

36 A.3d 1112 (2011)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Plaintiff v. TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, INC.; Abbott Laboratories; AstraZeneca PLC; AstraZeneca, Holdings, Inc.; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; AstraZeneca LP; Bayer AG; Bayer Corporation; SmithKline Beecham Corporation d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline; Pfizer, Inc.; Pharmacia Corporation; Johnson & Johnson; Alza Corporation; Centocor, Inc.; Ethicon, Inc.; Janssen Pharmaceutical Products, L.P.; McNeil-PPC, Inc.; Ortho Biotech, Inc.; Ortho Biotech Products, L.P.; Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc; Amgen, Inc.; Immunex Corporation; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Baxter International Inc.; Baxter Healthcare Corporation; Immuno-U.S., Inc.; Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Aventis Behring, L.L.C.; Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Ben Venue Laboratories; Bedford Laboratories; Roxane Laboratories; Schering-Plough Corporation; Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Schering Sales Corporation; Dey, Inc., Defendants.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Haviland, Jr. , Philadelphia, and William O. Crutchlow , Edison, NJ, for plaintiff.

Allen. S. Loney, Jr. , Philadelphia, Steven M. Edwards , New York, NY, and Michael C. Moore , Dallas, TX, for defendant Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Jack Mentzer Stover , Harrisburg, for defendants Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, President Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge (P), and FEUDALE, Senior Judge.


OPINION re POST-TRIAL MOTIONS of the COMMONWEALTH of PENNSYLVANIA and JOHNSON & JOHNSON DEFENDANTS

OPINION BY Judge SIMPSON.

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I. BACKGROUND ...................................................1121
    A. Opening..............................................................1121
    B. Parties..............................................................1122
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