Mo. Woman Moves for a New Diet Drug Trial Against Wyeth

JOPLIN, Mo. - A Missouri woman recently moved for a new trial in her claim against Wyeth for injuries she allegedly suffered from ingesting the company's Pondomin and Redux diet drugs, charging that the trial court erred in not allowing her to present evidence linking the drugs to primary pulmonary hypertension. Weston v. Wyeth, et al. No. 03-cv-679878 (Mo. Cir. Ct., Jasper Cty.).

Bonnie Weston filed a motion for a new trial on Feb. 22 in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, Missouri, arguing that the court erred in not allowing her to present evidence showing that Wyeth's diet drugs …