Legal Opinion
SCHEDIN v. ORTHO-McNEIL-JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided March 4, 2011No. Civil 08-5743 (JRT)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW
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, namely tendon rupture. His case was the first case tried in a larger multi-district litigation involving numerous plaintiffs. The jury found for Schedin, and defendant has moved for judgment as a matter of law. Ortho-McNeil argues that Schedin’s failure to warn claims required the…
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