Legal Opinion
Schedin v. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided August 26, 2011No. Civil 08-5743 (JRT)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN R. TUNHEIM, District Judge.
Plaintiff John Schedin brought claims against defendant Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Ortho-McNeil”) for failure to warn about certain risks he was taking in using its drug, Levaquin, specifically the risk of tendon rupture. Schedin’s action was the first case tried from many plaintiffs whose claims have been consolidated for coordinated pretrial proceedings in multi-district litigation. The jury found for Schedin and awarded compensatory and punitive damages. Or-tho-McNeil now moves for a new trial claiming the…
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