Learned Intermediary Bars Humira Neurological Disorder Claim, Judge Says
March 9, 2007
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MADISON, Wis. - A federal court has awarded summary judgment to Abbott Laboratories Inc. and a pharmacy defendant in a Wisconsin couple's Humira lawsuit, finding that the plaintiffs' failure to warn claims are barred under the learned intermediary doctrine. Cowley, et al. v. Abbott Laboratories Inc., et al., No. 06-C-532 (W.D. Wis.).
In dismissing the suit with prejudice on Feb. 28, Judge John C. Shabaz of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin further stated that Danny and Glenda Cowley failed to submit any evidence supporting their assertions that Abbott negligently manufactured Humira or that Express Scripts …
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