Clinical Researcher Owed No Duty to Raptiva Plaintiff, Judge Rules

DALLAS - A Texas federal judge has refused to remand to state court a Raptiva injury suit, ruling that the non-diverse clinical research defendants were improperly joined because the claims against them fail as a matter of law. McCall v. Genentech Inc., et al., No. 10-1747-B (N.D. Texas).

Judge Jane J. Boyle of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that the plaintiff's claims against a clinical researcher fail because the researcher owed no duty to the plaintiff under Texas law.

Mabel McCall alleges that Dr. Alan Menter prescribed Raptiva to treat her plaque psoriasis and …