Products Liability – Negligent Design – Fraud – Prempro Drug – Breast Cancer 
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Published: October 12, 2010
Tags: Judge T.S. Ellis III, Products Liability, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
In plaintiff’s suit alleging the hormone therapy drug Prempro caused her breast cancer, an Alexandria U.S. District Court denies summary judgment to defendant manufacturer on plaintiff’s claim for negligent design defect; the court grants summary judgment for Wyeth on plaintiff’s claims of fraudulent misrepresentation in the Prempro label, but not on plaintiff’s claim of fraudulent ...
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