Legal Opinion
Wheat v. Pfizer, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1994No. 93-03341PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, the survivors of Margaret Gordon, brought this product liability case against Pfizer, Inc. (“Pfizer”), and McNeil Pharmaceutical, a division of McNeil Lab, Inc., (“McNeil”). The district court granted summary judgment for McNeil. The ease against Pfizer proceeded to trial and during jury deliberation a mistrial was declared. Following the mistrial, the district court granted Pfizer’s motion for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(b). Plaintiffs appeal. Pfizer and McNeil moved to dismiss the appeal as untimely. We deny the…
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