Legal Opinion
Iwobi v. Merck & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 31, 2013No. 12-30311PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
Plaintiff-Appellant Emmanual Iwobi appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion for reconsideration of a final order dismissing his action against Defendant-Appellee Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (Merck). Because Iwobi’s arguments either do not satisfy the standard for relief under Rule 60(b), or are not properly before this court, we AFFIRM the district court’s order.
I. BACKGROUND
In 2007, before Iwobi filed suit, Merck reached a Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) with negotiating counsel for plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) over Vioxx, a non-steroidal…
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