Statute Bars Claims that Risperdal Caused Diabetes, Kidney Failure

OMAHA, Neb. - A federal court has dismissed the claims of a man who allegedly developed diabetes after taking Risperdal for nearly five years, determining that he should have been aware of the connection more than four years before he filed his complaint. McElroy v. Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., et al., No. 06-3154 (D. Neb.).

In a memorandum and order issued May 9, Judge Richard G. Kopf of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska held that plaintiff Arthur McElroy's diagnosis of hyperglycemia in October 1996 commenced the statute of limitations for his product liability suit, which wasn't filed …