Legal Opinion
McCauley v. Purdue Pharma L.P.
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided August 18, 2004No. 2:01 CV 00080, 2:02 CV 00054PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JONES, Chief Judge.
In this products liability action, governed by Virginia law, the plaintiffs seek to recover damages for harms allegedly caused by their use of OxyContin, a prescription pain medication. Before me are the defendants’ motions for summary judgment, which I resolve in their favor.
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These cases arise out of the misuse of prescription drugs that has ravaged many rural communities, particularly in the Appalachian South. 1 The latest and most devastating player in this epidemic has been OxyContin ® Tablets (“OxyContin”), a pain management drug whose only active ingredient is…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Marchant v. Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Inc.District Court, W.D. Virginia · 2004
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