Legal Opinion
Bartlett v. MUTUAL PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC.
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided July 12, 2010No. Civil 08-cv-358-JLPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
JOSEPH N. LAPLANTE, District Judge.
The question in this case is whether a manufacturer may be held liable for injuries caused by a prescription drug. Plaintiff Karen Bartlett, who took the generic drug Sulindac and suffered severe side effects, brought suit against the drug’s manufacturer, Mutual Pharmaceutical Company, asserting state-law claims of strict products liability, negligence, and fraud. She alleges, in particular, that Sulindac is an unreasonably dangerous product and that Mutual should have strengthened the drug’s safety warning in light of information reported in…
2Cases cited57 opinions
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Bartlett v. MUTUAL PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC.District Court, D. New Hampshire · 2010
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