Motion to Dismiss Prempro Class Action Says Plaintiff
Failed to State Claim; Complaint Akin to Race to Courthouse

PHILADELPHIA-A motion to dismiss one of the first class action lawsuits filed against the manufacturers of Prempro claims that the plaintiff's lawsuit fails to state claims for which relief could be granted. Bloch, et al. v. Wyeth, No. 02-4984 (E.D. Pa.)

The July 24 motion to dismiss, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, stated that plaintiff June Bloch did not suffer any injuries as a result of ingesting Prempro and her lawsuit 'has more to do with plaintiff's lawyers racing each other to the courthouse doors than with the legitimate goal of …