Claims Against Medical Facility Owned by Agents of the State Dismissed with Prejudice

NEW YORK - Allegations aimed at a medical facility named as a defendant in a Rezulin products liability case were recently dismissed with prejudice when a federal judge ruled that the facility is not capable of being sued. In re: Rezulin Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1348 (S.D.N.Y.).

Family Practice Center, the clinic where the plaintiff was prescribed the diabetes drug, is part of a regional program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The facility is immune from liability because the University and its Board of Trustees are agents of the state, an order entered by U.S. District …