La. Court Dismisses Claims By 3 Against Metabolife

NEW ORLEANS - Plaintiffs claiming injury from Metabolife must provide expert medical testimony linking the diet supplement to their individual injuries, a federal judge said Sept. 13 in dismissing three actions. Kemp v. Metabolife International, Inc., et al., No. 00-3513 (E.D. La.).

Judge Helen G. Berrigan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana granted the summary judgment motions by Metabolife and principal Mike Ellis against plaintiffs Carly A. Cinquemano, Beverly Courtney and Narvelle Courtney.

Metabolife didn't argue that the three didn't ingest Metabolife 356 or that the product, which contained ephedra, couldn't have caused the …