Legal Opinion
In Re Rezulin Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 15, 2005No. MDL No. 1348, Master File No. 00 Civ. 2843(LAK)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KAPLAN, District Judge.
Defendants Pfizer, Inc. and its affiliates (“Pfizer”) move for summary judgment dismissing the claims of nine plaintiffs whose Fact Sheet responses do not assert that they suffered any injury, or who claim there only that they fear future injury, as a result of their ingestion of Rezulin. They argue that plaintiffs who do not claim any injury cannot meet the standing requirements of Article III of the Constitution, and, even if they could, do not state a claim under the relevant governing law. Pfizer asserts further that plaintiffs who allege only fear…
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