Judge Dismisses Adequately Pled Arthritis Drug Case, Orders Separate Claims

NEW YORK - A New York judge recently granted a motion to dismiss a case brought by six plaintiffs who allege injuries caused by ingestion of Bextra, Celebrex and Vioxx, but will afford each an opportunity to replead their actions in separate complaints. Sabatino v. Pfizer Inc., et al., No. 101572/05 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., New York Cty.).

New York Supreme Court Judge Shirley Werner Kornreich held Jan. 10 that while the plaintiffs' complaints were sufficient to allege concurrent, successive and alternative liability theories establishing a causal link between the arthritis drugs and the alleged injuries, the cases must be filed …