Legal Opinion
UFCW LOCAL 1776 v. Eli Lilly and Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 10, 2010No. Docket 09-0222-cvPublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellees (“plaintiffs”), unions and insurers who act as third-party payors (“TPPs”) who underwrite the purchase of prescription drugs by their members or insureds, brought this putative class action against Eli Lilly and Company (“Lilly”), manufacturer of the drug Zyprexa, alleging that Lilly had misrepresented Zyprexa’s efficacy and side effects to physicians. The putative class is composed of TPPs, such as insurance providers, that paid for Zyprexa prescriptions. Plaintiffs argued that class members were injured in two ways: first, by paying for…
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