Fen-Phen Injury Case Should be Tried in Colorado, Pa. Federal Judge Rules

PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge has transferred a Fen-Phen injury action to Colorado federal court, noting the alleged injury and medical treatment occurred in that state and the plaintiff is a Colorado resident.

In a June 26 order, Judge Harvey Bartle III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania added that the medical records are in Colorado and the state “has a strong interest in resolving the product liability claims of its own citizens.”

Jennifer Heineman, a Colorado resident, sued American Home Products Corp. and Wyeth in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, alleging …