Florida
Novartis Wins Motion to Apply NJ Punitive Damages Law in Florida Pharma Case
Case | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | Pharmaceutical & Medical Device | February 7, 2013Judge Henry L. Adams granted the motion of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“NPC”) to apply New Jersey punitive damages law in a pharmaceutical products liability lawsuit filed in the Middle District of Florida by a Florida resident…
Chase v. Novartis Pharm. Corp., No. 8:04-cv-885-T-26TBM (M.D. Fla. Sept. 26, 2006)
Case | Pharmaceutical & Medical Device | September 26, 2006Florida Court Dismisses Punitive Damages Claims in Aredia/Zometa Case
Case | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | Pharmaceutical & Medical Device | June 16, 2014Novartis Pharmaceuticals secured dismissal of punitive damages demands in the Middle District of Florida, joining the vast majority of other courts in the Aredia/Zometa litigation in holding that New Jersey law governs the question of punitive…
Florida Power & Light Co. v. Allis Chalmers Corp., 893 F.2d 1313 (11th Cir. 1990).
Case | Environmental | February 9, 1990Novartis Scores Unanimous Defense Verdict from Florida Jury
Case | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | Pharmaceutical & Medical Device | April 9, 2013After deliberating for fewer than forty-five minutes, a federal jury in Tampa, Florida returned a unanimous verdict in favor of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in a 3-week trial involving Aredia and Zometa, bisphosphonate medicines used to treat…
Southern District of Florida Upholds Removal of a “Pure Bill of Discovery” in Novartis Elidel Case
Case | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | Pharmaceutical & Medical Device | November 26, 2006In 2006, plaintiffs in southern Florida filed a “pure bill of discovery” against Firm client Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. A pure bill of discovery is a little-used Florida procedure, with parallels in a handful of other states,…