Judge Grants AstraZeneca Summary Judgment on Seroquel Claims

WILMINGTON, Del. - After excluding the medical causation testimony of plaintiff's expert Dr. Loren W. Greene, a Delaware state judge has granted AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP summary judgment on Seroquel injury claims. Hopkins v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, No. 06C-01-325, Del. Super., New Castle Co.).

Judge Joseph R. Slights III of the New Castle County Superior Court ruled that the expert failed to rule out other causes of plaintiff's diabetes, including chronic morbid obesity, ethnicity and family history.

Regina Hopkins, joined 600 other plaintiffs in Delaware who allege that their exposure to Seroquel caused them to develop Type II diabetes. The Superior …