Aventis: Ketek Plaintiff Can't Sue Jailed Doc to Establish Jurisdiction

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Defendants named in a Ketek injury suit contend in a recent court filing in Alabama that the plaintiff cannot establish that the case belongs in state court because the only non-diverse defendant is a doctor who currently resides in a federal prison for her role in falsifying data used to develop a safety profile for the antibiotic. Campbell v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S., et al., No. 07-606 (N.D. Ala.).

According to a removal notice filed April 5, the physician named in Joy Campbell's Etowah County Circuit Court complaint was fraudulently joined to the suit, despite her role in the …