Legal Opinion

Scheinberg v. Merck & Co.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided January 7, 2013No. Master File No. 06 MD 1789 (JFK)PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION & ORDER

JOHN F. KEENAN, District Judge.

I. The Motions

This is the fifth case selected for trial as a bellwether in the In re Fosamax Products Liability Litigation multidistrict litigation. This MDL involves claims that Fosamax, a drug designed and produced by defendant Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (“Merck”), caused users of Fosamax *484to suffer from a condition known as osteonecrosis of the jaw (“ONJ”). In the instant case, plaintiff Rhoda Scheinberg (“Scheinberg” or “Plaintiff”) brings strict liability and negligence claims on theories of design defect and failure to warn, in addition to…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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