Federal Judge Rules Plaintiff Complaint Lacks Cause of Action; Dismisses Case

NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana woman's products liability lawsuit against the manufacturers of products containing PPA has been dismissed by a federal judge who decided the plaintiff failed to include causes of action that could afford her relief under the state's products liability law. Ingram v. Bayer Corp. et al., No. 02-0352 Section 'T' (1) (E.D. La.)

In his opinion rendered May 29, Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana based his decision to dismiss the complaint on Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), and, more definitively, guidelines established in …