Legal Opinion
Adamu v. Pfizer, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 8, 2005No. 04 Civ. 1351(WHP)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PAULEY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs bring this putative class action seeking redress for injuries arising from the experimental administration of an antibiotic in Nigeria by defendant Pfizer, Inc. (“Pfizer” or “Defendant”). 1 Plaintiffs bring their action under 28 U.S.C. § 1350, the Alien Tort Statute (the “ATS”), 2 claiming that Pfizer violated the Nuremberg Code, the Declaration of Helsinki, the guidelines promulgated by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Services (“CIOMS”), article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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