N.J. Law Precludes Punitive Damages Claim in Aredia/Zometa Case, Fla. Federal Judge Rules

Aredia/Zometa

N.J. Law Precludes Punitive Damages Claim in Aredia/Zometa Case, Fla. Federal Judge Rules

TAMPA, Fla. - New Jersey, rather than Pennsylvania, law governs a plaintiff’s punitive damages claim in an Aredia/Zometa injury case and the claim is therefore barred because New Jersey shields drug makers from punitive damages, a Florida federal judge has ruled.

On July 22, Judge Susan C. Bucklew of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida issued that ruling after finding that New Jersey has a more significant relationship to the punitive damages issue because it has a greater interest in regulating the …