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Demahy v. Actavis, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Aug 22, 2011
650 F.3d 1045 (5th Cir. 2011)

Summary

vacating its opinion that previously found state-law failure to warn claims were not preempted

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Opinion

No. 08–31204.

2011-08-22

Julie DEMAHY, Plaintiff–Appelleev.ACTAVIS, INC., Individually and as Successor in Interest of Purepac Pharmaceutical Company, Defendant–Appellant.


Kristine K. Sims, Brian Leonard Glorioso, Richard Alvin Tonry, II, Tonry, Brinson & Glorioso, L.L.C., Slidell, LA, Louis M. Bograd (argued), Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff–Appellee.Richard A. Dean (argued), Irene Childress Keyse–Walker, Kristen Lepke Mayer, Tucker Ellis & West, L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, Elizabeth Haecker Ryan, Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant–Appellant.Joseph Paul Thomas, Linda E. Maichl, Ulmer & Bernel, L.L.P., Cincinnati, OH, for Amicus Curiae.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

PER CURIAM:

The Supreme Court having reversed the judgment of this Court and remanded this action for further proceedings in light of its opinion in PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing, ––– U.S. ––––, 131 S.Ct. 2567, 180 L.Ed.2d 580 (2011), we vacate the district court's order denying in part the motion to dismiss and remand for the entry of judgment in favor of the defendant-appellant, Actavis, Inc.

VACATED and REMANDED


Summaries of

Demahy v. Actavis, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Aug 22, 2011
650 F.3d 1045 (5th Cir. 2011)

vacating its opinion that previously found state-law failure to warn claims were not preempted

Summary of this case from Huck v. Trimark Physicians Grp.

dismissing as preempted claims of failure-to-warn, design defect, negligence, misrepresentation, and fraud

Summary of this case from Bowman v. Wyeth, LLC
Case details for

Demahy v. Actavis, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:Julie DEMAHY, Plaintiff-Appellee v. ACTAVIS, INC., Individually and as…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Aug 22, 2011

Citations

650 F.3d 1045 (5th Cir. 2011)

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