Doctors' Motions to Dismiss Denied in Lotronex Case

NEW ORLEANS - A federal court in Louisiana has ruled that plaintiffs' medical malpractice claims against two non-diverse doctors in a Lotronex case are potentially viable, even if they are premature. Alexis, et al. v. GlaxoSmithKline Corp, et al., No. 02-059 (E.D. La.).

The Eastern District of Louisiana's March 11 decision denying the defendant doctors' motions for summary judgment noted that defendants failed to allege fraudulent joinder in their motions, but that plaintiffs' claims against the doctors were premature under Louisiana law, which provides that all malpractice claims against health care providers be submitted to a medical review panel before …