Judge Adopts Magistrate's Recommendation Denying Remand; Plaintiffs Seek Interlocutory Appeal

BATON ROUGE, La. - The plaintiffs involved in an Arava-related injury suit have filed a motion for an interlocutory appeal after the federal judge presiding over the case adopted a magistrate judge's report and recommendation stating the plaintiffs' motion for remand should be denied on grounds that the pharmacists who dispensed the drug cannot be found liable under Louisiana law. Carol Guidry, et al., v. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al., No. 03-493 (W.D. La.).

The plaintiffs' Oct. 20 motion for certification for interlocutory appeal states that the court's decision to adopt U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Riedlinger's Sept. 17 report …