Legal Opinion
Leonard v. Mylan, Inc.
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided June 21, 2010No. Civil Action 2:09-cv-01160PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOSEPH R. GOODWIN, Chief Judge.
Pending before the court is the defendants’ Motion to Transfer Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404 [Docket 11]. The motion is GRANTED.
I. Background
This is a products liability case. According to the Complaint, Salli Rae Leonard, a resident of Holland, Michigan, was prescribed 75 meg fentanyl transdermal system patches (the “patch”). The patch administers the pain drug fentanyl to the user’s bloodstream through the skin. Ms. Leonard filled her prescription at a local pharmacy. She used the patch and, in September 2007, died from “acute…
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