Statute Runs from Acknowledgment of 'Some Damage' in Reglan Case, Judge Rules

MINNEAPOLIS - A federal judge in Minnesota has dismissed the claims of a man who sued the makers of Reglan more than six years after he allegedly suffered a neurological injury as a result of taking the heartburn drug. Edwards v. Wyeth Inc., et al., No. 07-3921 (D. Minn.).

Judge Frank W. Donovan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota ruled April 25 that the statute of limitations bars all claims brought on behalf of Clifford E. Edwards, even after the plaintiff asserted that a clerical error was to blame for an inaccurate diagnosis date identified in …