Legal Opinion
Pamela Kuhn v. Wyeth, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 26, 2012No. 11-1809, 11-1815PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Pamela Kuhn and Shirley Davidson were prescribed Prempro, a hormone therapy drug comprised of estrogen and progestin and manufactured by Wyeth.1 Kuhn took Prempro for three years and twenty-eight days; Davidson took it for one year and nine months. Both women developed breast cancer and filed separate lawsuits against Wyeth in the Western District of Arkansas. The complaints alleged, among other things, that the use of Prempro increased the risk of breast cancer and that Wyeth failed to adequately warn of the drug’s adverse effects. Both cases were transferred to the…
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