Legal Opinion
Wright v. American Home Products Corp.
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided April 20, 2000No. Civil Action 99C-361-JOHPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HERLIHY, Judge.
Plaintiffs Evelyn and Robert- Wright have sued Evelyn Wright’s doctor, Dr. David Messenger, several Ameiican pharmaceutical companies and two French pharmaceutical companies as a result of taking a prescription diet pill, Pondimin. The two French companies, Les Labora-toires Servier [LLS] and Servier Amerique [SA] [collectively French defendants] have moved to dismiss for ineffective service of process, lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens.
Plaintiffs brought LLS and SA into this lawsuit by employing the procedures of Delaware’s long arm statute. They…
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