Legal Opinion
In Re Fosamax Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 30, 2011No. 06 MD 1789(JFK)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN F. KEENAN, District Judge:
This is the fourth case selected for trial as a bellwether in the In re Fosamax Products Liability Litigation multidistrict litigation (“Fosamax MDL ”). The Fosamax MDL involves claims that Fosamax, a drug designed and produced by defendant Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (“Merck”), caused users of Fosamax to suffer from a condition known as osteone crosis of the jaw. In this case, plaintiff Linda Secrest (“Secrest” or “Plaintiff’) brings strict liability and negligence claims on theories of design defect and failure to warn, in addition to claims for…
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