Legal Opinion

Rita McDaniel v. Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 29, 2018No. 17-5741PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COOK, Circuit Judge.

*943Rita McDaniel's husband died after taking a course of a prescription drug manufactured by Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. She sued, alleging that Upsher-Smith's failure to ensure that a Medication Guide accompanied the prescription led to her husband ingesting-and dying because of-a drug that wasn't meant for him. We are tasked with deciding whether the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ("FDCA") impliedly preempts McDaniel's Tennessee failure-to-warn claims premised solely on Upsher-Smith's failure to provide the Medication Guide as required by FDA regulations. It does.…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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