Appellate Court Affirms Trial Court's Ruling that Plaintiff's Claims Against Pharmacy Were Untimely

VENTURA, Calif. - A trial court acted correctly when it granted judgment in favor of a pharmacy on grounds that the plaintiffs' failure to warn claims against a pharmacy were not filed in a timely manner, states an unpublished appellate decision. Annette Streit, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. American Drug Stores, Inc., Defendant and Respondent, No. B154854 (Calif. Ct. Appeal, 2nd Dist., Div. 2).

The March 10 opinion, written by Presiding Justice Roger W. Boren, states that facts related to potential dangers of Nilandron, a drug used to treat prostate cancer, and the pharmacy's legal duty to warn were …