Legal Opinion
Caldwell ex rel. State v. Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 31, 2012No. 11-1184PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEATY, Judge.
I/The issue in these consolidated cases is whether the Attorney General, acting with authority pursuant to the Louisiana Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Law (MAPIL), La.R.S. 46:437.1 through 46:440.3,1 and represented by private attorneys, can successfully recover civil penalties from a pharmaceutical company without proving damages. After a multi-day trial, the jury unanimously concluded that the pharmaceutical company’s aggressive marketing campaigns had violated MAPIL, resulting in a civil penalty of $257,679,500. The pharmaceutical company was also assessed $70,000,000…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Arceneaux v. DomingueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Capo v. BlanchardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1924
- Grasser Contracting Co. v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
- Anderson v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Caldwell v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2014
- Caldwell ex rel. State v. Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
- Dr. Mickey Lee Peshoff v. Kenneth R. BelangerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013
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- State v. ThompsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013