Legal Opinion
Stetser v. Tap Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided July 6, 2004No. COA03-901PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Chief Judge.
Defendants TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. (TAP), Abbott Laboratories (Abbott), Johnson & Johnson (Johnson) and Ethicon Endo-Surgery (Ethicon) appeal from the trial court’s order certifying plaintiffs’ class action lawsuit against defendants. Defendant TAP also appeals a separate order denying its motion to amend its answer to add a crossclaim.
I. Facts
Plaintiffs Harry E. Stetser, Dale E. Nelson and Michael de Montbrun filed this action in New Hanover County on 31 December 2001. Plaintiffs allege that defendants inflated the price of the prescription drug Lupron® from…
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