Judge Dismisses Claims against Four Louisiana Pharmacies

NEW YORK - The federal judge presiding over the Rezulin MDL dismissed claims asserted against four Louisiana pharmacies March 16, finding that the plaintiffs failed to state a viable claim. In re: Rezulin Products Liability Litigation, MDL. No. 1348 (S.D.N.Y.).

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled that the court has previously held that plaintiffs cannot recover damages from pharmacies based on failure-to-warn claims and that the plaintiffs' present claims are indistinguishable from those in cases previously decided.

The plaintiffs in the present cases asserted that the pharmacies were liable for their injuries under theories of negligence, negligent misrepresentation, breach of …