Plaintiff Fails to Prove Proximate Causation in Redux Case

PHILADELPHIA - A plaintiff cannot prove proximate causation where a risk not disclosed by a drug maker did not materialize in physical injury, a Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled, affirming summary judgment in favor of Wyeth Inc. on Redux injury claims. Cochran v. Wyeth Inc., No. 2838 EDA 2008 (Pa. Super. Ct.).

The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled July 27 that if the plaintiff cannot show that her primary pulmonary hypertension was the result of the non-disclosed risk, valvular heart disease, she cannot establish proximate causation as a matter of law.

From November 1996 to August 1997, Cochran ingested the prescription …