Legal Opinion
Haggerty v. Upjohn Co.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided December 6, 1996No. 95-8308-CivPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
MORENO, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Michael Haggerty, brought this complaint alleging that he was injured as a result of taking Halcion, a prescription sleeping medication manufactured by Defendant, The Upjohn Company. Additionally, Plaintiff alleges that the warnings that accompanied Halcion at the time it was prescribed to him were inadequate. Plaintiffs only expert witness on the issue of medical causation is Deborah Mash, Ph.D, a non-physician pharmacologist. Because the Court finds that Dr. Mash’s causation opinion should be excluded pursuant to Daubert v. Merrell Dow…
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