Legal Opinion
Jeretta Kay Tedford v. Warner-Lambert Co. Parke-Davis Division of Warner-Lambert Co. Parke-Davis Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. Sankyo Parke-Davis Pfizer, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 7, 2003No. 02-10582PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Jeretta Kay Tedford sued Warner-Lambert Co., the maker of the pharmaceutical Rezulin, in a Texas court. Tedford took Rezulin to treat her Type-2 diabetes and alleges that the drug caused her liver to fail. One year and ten days after Tedford filed suit, Warner-Lambert removed the action to federal court. Convinced that Tedford had engaged in forum manipulation, the district court denied Tedford’s motion to remand despite the removal statute’s requirement that all cases not initially removable be removed within a year of commencement of the action. See 28 U.S.C. §…
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