PPA-The Current Status of the Litigation by Paul D. Rheingold, Esq
July 15, 2002
icTendiche suits against the various suppliers of phenlypropanolamine (PPA) are moving along rapidly in the federal and state court system. This is a brief review, from the perspective of a plaintiffs' lawyer, of the status of that litigation, considering such issues as the organization of the litigation, the defendants, injuries claimed, causation issues, the liability picture, and the potential for resolution.
The Organization of the Litigation
The volume and setup of the PPA suits ranks them as a mass tort litigation of the moderate type, not as large as diet pills nor probably Rezulin, Propulsid, …
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