Topic: U.S. Supreme Court
FDA requires stronger amputation warning on sedative at heart of major Supreme Court rulingMakers of injected promethazine, a sedative also used to treat nausea and vomiting, are being required to put the strongest warning possible on the product because it can cause ...
Years after losing arm, Vermont musician wins Supreme Court ruling against drugmakerSome people would give their right arm for $6 million. Diana Levine would prefer the arm. The 63-year-old musician, who won a $6.7 million award after a botched injection led to ...
The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled an amputee can sue the pharmaceutical company Wyeth for allegedly giving inadequate warning of serious side effects from a drug. The unexpected 6-3 decision opens the door to thousands of individual lawsuits against drug companies for ...
The Supreme Court on Monday began studying whether an individual can sue a pharmaceutical company over drug labels that fail to properly warn of dangerous side effects -- a potentially costly precedent for the industry. A ruling in favor of the plaintiff, ...
Amputee musician awaits Supreme Court ruling in drug suit, struggles to get her glow backWhen Diana Levine turned 63 recently, her daughter made her a birthday card, drawing on Greek mythology with an illustration of Diana the Huntress, her bow string drawn ...