Kobar Ex Rel Kobar v. Novartis Corp.

ORDER

BOLTON, District Judge.

This case arises out of injuries that Plaintiff Rose Lynn Kobar sustained allegedly as a result of ingesting Tavist-D, a drug manufactured by Defendant Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. (“NCH”) containing phenylpropanolamine (“PPA”). At issue is Defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of punitive damages (Doc. 185).

I. BACKGROUND

Tavist-D is a cold, cough and allergy medicine. One of its ingredients is PPA, a decongestant used in hundreds of commercially-available pharmaceuticals, including Dimetapp, Aka-Seltzer Plus and Contac. On April 1, 1979,…