Class Action Suits Involving Cipro-Related Injuries Filed in Pa. and N.J.

PHILADELPHIA - Postal workers in Philadelphia and New Jersey, who ingested Bayer's Cipro as a means of protecting themselves from anthrax exposure during the bioterrorism attacks that occurred in the fall of 2001, have filed individual class action suits against the manufacturer seeking medical monitoring and compensation for personal injuries. Dena Briscoe, et al., v. Bayer AG, Case No. 031001938 (Pa. Ct. Comm. Pleas, Phila. Cty.), William J. Lewis, et al., v. Bayer, AG, et al., No. n/a (N.J. Super. Ct., Camden Cty.).

The suits, which were filed Oct. 17, state that Bayer paid other companies not to produce …