Default Judgment Against Wyeth Set Aside in Prempro Case

ABERDEEN, Miss. - A Mississippi federal judge has set aside a default judgment entered against Wyeth in a Prempro breast cancer case, ruling that the drug maker's failure to timely file an answer was "not willful" and that the plaintiff was not prejudiced by the delay. Horner v. Wyeth, No. 10-147 (N.D. Miss.).

On Feb. 25, Judge Sharion Aycock of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi accepted Wyeth's explanation that the delay was caused by problems with the pilot Case Management/Electronic Case Filing system.

Nelda Horner sued Wyeth, alleging that she developed breast cancer after taking …