McNAIR v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON

No. 17-0519.

818 S.E.2d 852 (2018)

Kimmy McNAIR and Larry McNair, Petitioners v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated; and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Incorporated, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: May 11, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie A. Brueckner, Esq. (pro hac vice), Public Justice, P.C., Oakland, California And Richard D. Lindsay, Esq. , Tabor Lindsay & Associates, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for the Petitioners.

Anthony J. Majestro, Esq. , Powell & Majestro, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia And Allison M. Zieve, Esq. (pro hac vice), Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Public Citizen, Inc.

Elbert Lin, Esq. , Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond, Virginia And David B. Thomas, Esq. , Daniel R. Higginbotham, Esq. , Thomas Combs & Spann LLP, Charleston, West Virginia And John D. Winter, Esq. (pro hac vice), Jonah M. Knobler, Esq. (pro hac vice), Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, New York, Counsel for the Respondents.

Anthony J. Majestro, Esq. , Powell & Majestro, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Amici Curiae, AARP and AARP Foundation.

Forrest H. Roles, Esq. , Mark A. Carter, Esq. , Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Washington Legal Foundation.

Ancil G. Ramey, Esq. , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Huntington, West Virginia And Russell D. Jessee, Esq. , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia And Michael X. Imbroscio, Esq. (pro hac vice), Paul W. Schmidt, Esq. (pro hac vice), Gregory L. Halperin, Esq. (pro hac vice), Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C., Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

Kannon K. Shanmugam, Esq. (pro hac vice), Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C. And John M. Canfield, Esq. , West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Amici Curiae, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, American Tort Reform Association.


This matter is before this Court upon a June 9, 2017, order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit certifying the following question:

Whether West Virginia law permits a claim of failure to warn and negligent misrepresentation against a branded drug manufacturer...

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