Plaintiffs Oppose Magistrate's Recommendation to Deny Remand

LAKE CHARLES, La. - The plaintiffs in a Remicade wrongful death case recently objected to the findings of a magistrate judge, who recommended the denial of their motion to remand, on the ground that the Louisiana Medical Review Panel has yet to render a decision on their claims against the physician defendants. Sam Lyons, et al. v. Centocor, Inc., et al., No. 03-CV-1643 (W.D. La. Lake Charles Div.).

The plaintiffs' Jan. 15 objection did not oppose the magistrate's opinion that Mike Cannon, the pharmacist who dispensed the Crohn's disease drug to their daughter, should be dismissed. Instead, the plaintiffs argued …