U.S. Supreme Court Closes the Courthouse to Generic Drug Cases
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In an unfortunate ruling for consumers this week, the United States Supreme Court ruled that people harmed by generic prescription drugs due to inadequate warnings about the hazards cannot have their day in court. Although the lower courts had said the consumers could pursue their cases, the Supreme Court held that the federal FDA law forbids such cases completely. Mundy & Singley believe that all people should have access to the courts to pursue cases against companies that manufacture dangerous products, and thus we urge you to ask your member of Congress and Senators to change the FDA law so that it will allow injured people to have their day in court on these cases.
The Court's opinion can be found on its website:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/09-993.pdf