Blackburn v. Shire US Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION MARK BLACKBURN, } } Plaintiff, } } v. } Case No.: 2:16-cv-00963-MHH } SHIRE U.S., INC., et al., } } Defendants. } MEMORADUM OPINION1 In this prescription drug products liability case, plaintiff Mark Blackburn contends that defendants Shire U.S., Inc. and Shire, LLC, the makers of the prescription drug LIALDA, breached their obligation to provide adequate instructions for the safe use of the drug, and the breach proximately caused his chronic, irreversible kidney injury. According to Mr. Blackburn, if Shire had…