Judge Allows Majority of Claims to Proceed in Trileptal SJS Case

CHICAGO - An Illinois federal judge has refused to dismiss most of the claims brought by a plaintiff who says his use of Trileptal caused him to develop Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, ruling that issues of fact exist as to the content of the drug's label and whether the drug maker's duty of disclosure applied to the plaintiff or to his prescribing physician. Roberson v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., No. 11-2035 (N.D. Ill.).

On May 5, Senior Judge George W. Lindberg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed the negligence per se claim, ruling that the plaintiff failed …