Federal Judge Remands Darvon/Darvocet to California State Court

COVINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky federal judge has remanded a Darvon/Darvocet injury case to California state court based on lack of diversity jurisdiction, ruling that the only California-based distributor defendant was not fraudulently joined. Freitas, et al. v. McKesson Corp., et al., No. 2:12-50 (E.D. Ky.).

In a July 17 order, Judge Danny C. Reeves of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky found that the claims against McKesson Corp. are not factually deficient.

Six California citizens and five Oklahoma citizens sued McKesson Corp. and various other drug makers and distributors in the San Francisco County Superior …