Legal Opinion
Christine Winter v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 9, 2014No. 12-3121, 12-3409PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
Ruth Baldwin developed osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) after two of her teeth were extracted. She sued, alleging Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation negligently failed to provide adequate warnings for two drugs she took, Aredia and Zometa. After a jury trial, Baldwin, by her executor, received $225,000 in compensatory damages, plus certain costs. Novartis ap peals, arguing the district court: (1) improperly found that inadequate warnings proximately caused Baldwin’s injuries; (2) erred in applying Missouri law to the punitive damages claim; (3) abused its discretion in…
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