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Texas District Court Rejects Innovator Claims Against Novartis

Case | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | Pharmaceutical & Medical Device | May 7, 2020

A Texas district court judge concluded that plaintiff failed to state a claim under Texas law for innovator liability-styled claims against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. On May 7, 2020, Chief Judge Orlando L. Garcia of the District…

O’Nan v. Velsicol Chem. Corp., 1998 Tex. App. LEXIS 6985 (Tex. Ct. App. 1998)

Case | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | Complex Litigation | January 1, 1998

Norwood v. Raytheon Co., No. EP-04-CA-127-PRM (W.D. Tex. Jan. 17, 2006)

Case | Class Action Defense | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | January 17, 2006

Norwood v. Raytheon Co., 237 F.R.D. 581 (W.D. Tex. 2006)

Case | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | September 11, 2006

Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Stephens, No. 01-05-00132 (Tex. Ct. App. 2007)

Case | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | Complex Litigation | July 26, 2007

NLJ Top Defense Win for Firm in First Trial of Hernia Repair Mesh Serial Litigation

Case | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | Pharmaceutical & Medical Device | June 10, 2004

Most reasonably complex products liability cases take two to four weeks to try. A case like Crowson v. Davol Inc. – where plaintiff claimed that defective surgical mesh used to repair an inguinal hernia caused him…

In Another Pharmaceutical Case, Novartis Wins Summary Judgment

Case | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | Pharmaceutical & Medical Device | September 19, 2012

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s motion to strike the purported alternative design declaration of MDL-wide expert Dr. Robert Marx, and then granted summary judgment in favor of…

Texas Sav. & Community Bankers Ass’n v. Federal Hous. Fin. Bd., 201 F.3d 551 (5th Cir. 2000)

Case | Financial Institutions | Complex Litigation | January 20, 2000

Velsicol Chem. Corp. v. Winograd, 956 S.W.2d 529 (Tex. 1997)

Case | Products Liability & Toxic Torts | Complex Litigation | January 1, 1997

Anderson v. Sandoz Pharm. Corp., 77 F. Supp. 2d 804 (S.D. Tex. 1999)

Case | Pharmaceutical & Medical Device | December 17, 1999