Stromenger v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.

OPINION AND ORDER

BROWN, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on Defendant Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s Motion (# 65) to Find that Punitive Damages Are Unavailable and/or to Apply New Jersey Law to the Issue of Punitive Damages. For the reasons that follow, the Court concludes New Jersey law applies to the issue of punitive damages, and, as a result, punitive damages are unavailable in this matter. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Patricia Stromenger is an Oregon resident who was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2001.

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