Lee v. Mann

By Judge Melvin R. Hughes, Jr.

The plaintiff has asked the court to reconsider the ruling made in October finding misjoinder of the defendants.

Briefly, plaintiff has brought claims against the defendants, a doctor and pharmaceutical manufacturer, for injuries received from the use of a diet drug. The doctor defendant prescribed the drug. The manufacturer produced the drug for sale in the marketplace.

Plaintiff asserts, inter alia, that the defendants are joint tortfeasors whose actions brought about a single indivisible injury. Defendants assert that they are misjoined because any liability…