Organon Denied Summary Judgment on Failure-To-Warn Claims in NuvaRing Case

KANSAS CITY — A Missouri federal judge has denied Organon summary judgment on failure-to-warn, implied warranty and negligent design claims in a NuvaRing case, finding issues of fact as to whether the manufacturer adequately warned of the contraceptive’s risks.

On July 12, Judge Rodney W. Sippel of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri found the record contains admissible expert testimony as to the inadequacy of the warnings and “tends to show that the NuvaRing label does not disclose a known difference in risk between NuvaRing and second-generation combined hormonal contraceptives.”

Marianne Prather sued Organon USA …