Propulsid Maker Awarded Summary Judgment Following Plaintiff's Failure to Prove Alternative Design Claims

NEW ORLEANS - The manufacturer of Propulsid was awarded summary judgment after a federal judge ruled that a woman could not prove an alternative design of the drug existed that would have prevented her injuries. Aline Zeno, et al., v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., 00-CV-282 (E.D. La.).

Plaintiff Samantha Ann Reed was unable to support her defective design claims because she complained of symptoms similar to her alleged injuries before, during and after using Propulsid, and also tried using other drugs that did not relieve her symptoms, wrote U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon in an order entered Feb. …