U.S. Supreme Court: Drug Makers Liable Even With Warning Labels

March 4, 2009

  • March 4, 2009 at 7:02 am
    wudchuck says:
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    so, let me get this straight, does this not open the door for more claims? afterall, we can claim that even though i read the smoking label, warning for my health, i can still sue!!! this is what is going to make this ruling very bad! we are going to absolve all discrepancies or bad choices to the big brother/company. never my fault it’s going to become. what happen with that issue? the doctor and his nurse should be held accountable for giving the drug incorrectly. next thing you know, that i purchase a can of corn from my supermarket with a label that is not specific and i can sue that it caused me to GAIN WEIGHT!! where will it end? why can’t we accept our own responsibility. i think we need to rethink of what is actually FDA’s responsiblity? why is it so hard to get proper drugs approved? why can we get drugs from overseas (like france), and yet they are not available here.

    this opened a huge can of worms. as to court appointees – remember just because a president appointed them to the court, remember that it had to pass congressional approval. most of those on the current court were prior to the Bush admin. so stop blaming the politics, because the courtroom is not about democrat or republican, it’s about discerning the law and applying correctly. um..um.. maybe the drug company should sue FDA? afterall, if the warning label was incorrect even though they told them it was, then why not sue that feds for giving false info? um…um… more litigation and tie up in courts… more frivilous suits now because of the US Supreme Court ruling.

  • March 4, 2009 at 11:36 am
    Aunt Becca says:
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    Scalia dissented, but then again, he still has both of his arms, doesn’t he???

  • March 4, 2009 at 11:45 am
    reaper says:
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    Justice Alito got it right. Welcome all to Planet Obama. Let’s see how many new drugs are researched and developed during the Messiah’a tenure.

  • March 4, 2009 at 2:06 am
    Gork says:
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    So “reaper”, what do you think – as long as most people don’t have their arms amputated it’s okay?

    There have been too many instances in which drug companies knew of risks that were not understood by the public or by medical staff.

    Get over the Messiah thing, the dumb guys lost, the smart guys won…

  • March 4, 2009 at 2:09 am
    Gork says:
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    And, by the way, I didn’t realize Obama had appointed and Supreme Court Justices – yet…

  • March 4, 2009 at 2:17 am
    reaper says:
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    Gork,
    Your intelligence really shows. Ever have an operation? You are told about risks and sign a release. I’m not absolving the drug companies (how do we know the doctor was not at fault?) but the law had been the warning labels would protect drug manufacturers. As Alito said you can’t make this type of decision based on one case.
    YOU ARE A MORON – Just come out and say you are a socialist

  • March 4, 2009 at 2:48 am
    Screw it says:
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    Just start taking street drugs & all your problems will be solved. Maybe it would be better if the award was only $7 instead of $7million.

  • March 4, 2009 at 2:48 am
    Gork says:
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    You guys lost, didn’t you?

  • March 4, 2009 at 2:56 am
    Anonymous says:
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    Good job Gork! You ARE correct, it was the Bush Administration who put those justices up on the bench, not Obama. What a sore loser! It’s obvious that ‘reaper’ can’t get over the fact that his party is in shambles and they lost. Bush let a lot of things slide and people lost their lives because of it. GOOD RIDDANCE!!

  • March 4, 2009 at 2:58 am
    Ralph says:
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    doesn’t matter who “lost”, Gork. Do you feel like a winner right now? We’re all pretty screwed.

    See y’all at the soup kitchen!



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