Legal Opinion
Donna Scroggin v. Wyeth
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 2, 2009No. 08-2555, 08-2711, 08-2713PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Donna Scroggin was diagnosed with breast cancer eleven years after she began taking estrogen and progestin drugs manufactured by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Wyeth) and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. (Upjohn). 1 She sued the companies in 2004 for failure to warn of the risk of breast cancer from combination hormone therapy. The trial was bifurcated, with liability determined first and punitive damages determined second.
A jury returned a verdict finding Wyeth and Upjohn liable and awarding Scroggin compensatory damages. The district court denied Wyeth’s and Upjohn’s motions for…
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