Pfizer Granted Summary Judgment on Viagra Claims

NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana federal judge has granted Pfizer summary judgment on Viagra injury claims, ruling that the plaintiffs failed to present medical evidence that the drug caused the alleged injuries. Ridgeway v. Pfizer Inc., No. 2:09-cv-02794 (E.D. La.).

On April 27, Judge Sarah S. Vance of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana found that the plaintiffs failed to rule out other possible causes of David Ridgeway's stroke.

In 1998, Ridgeway was prescribed Viagra to treat his erectile dysfunction; he took the drug regularly until Feb. 16, 2008, when he suffered a hemorrhagic stroke after …