Caldwell ex rel. State v. Janssen Pharm., Inc.

Full title: “Buddy” CALDWELL, Attorney General ex rel. STATE of Louisiana v. JANSSEN…

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Date published: Oct 17, 2012

100 So. 3d 889 (La. Ct. App. 2012)

Opinion

No. 11–1185.

2012-10-17

“Buddy” CALDWELL, Attorney General ex rel. STATE of Louisiana v. JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., et al.

Appeal from the Twenty–Seventh Judicial District Court Parish of St. Landry, No. 04–C–3977–D, Honorable Donald W. Hebert, District Judge. Patrick C. Morrow, James P. Ryan, Jeffrey M. Bassett, Morrow & Morrow, Opelousas, LA, Kenneth W. DeJean, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, Robert Lyle Salim, Attorney at Law, Natchitoches, LA, L. Christopher Styron, Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, Michael W. Perrin, Fletcher V. Trammel, Bailey, Perrin & Bailey, Kenneth T. Fibich, Fibich, Hampton, et al., Robert Cowan, Attorney at Law, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff/Appellee, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney General. James B. Irwin, David W. O'Quinn, Kim E. Moore, Monique M. Garsaud, Douglas J. Moore, Irwin, Fritchie, Urquhart & Moore, LLC, New Orleans, LA, James T. Guglielmo, James C. Lopez, Guglielmo, Lopez, Tuttle, Opelousas, LA, Thomas F. Campion, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP, Florham Park, NJ, Brian C. Anderson, Michael E. Stamp, Stephen D. Brody, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington DC, for Defendants/Appellants, Johnson & Johnson, Ortho–McNeil Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc.

KEATY

Appeal from the Twenty–Seventh Judicial District Court Parish of St. Landry, No. 04–C–3977–D, Honorable Donald W. Hebert, District Judge.
Patrick C. Morrow, James P. Ryan, Jeffrey M. Bassett, Morrow & Morrow, Opelousas, LA, Kenneth W. DeJean, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, Robert Lyle Salim, Attorney at Law, Natchitoches, LA, L. Christopher Styron, Assistant Attorney General, Baton Rouge, LA, Michael W. Perrin, Fletcher V. Trammel, Bailey, Perrin & Bailey, Kenneth T. Fibich, Fibich, Hampton, et al., Robert Cowan, Attorney at Law, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff/Appellee, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney General. James B. Irwin, David W. O'Quinn, Kim E. Moore, Monique M. Garsaud, Douglas J. Moore, Irwin, Fritchie, Urquhart & Moore, LLC, New Orleans, LA, James T. Guglielmo, James C. Lopez, Guglielmo, Lopez, Tuttle, Opelousas, LA, Thomas F. Campion, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP, Florham Park, NJ, Brian C. Anderson, Michael E. Stamp, Stephen D. Brody, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington DC, for Defendants/Appellants, Johnson & Johnson, Ortho–McNeil Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Court composed of J. DAVID PAINTER, SHANNON J. GREMILLION, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.

KEATY, Judge.

For the reasons set forth in the companion case in this consolidated matter, Buddy Caldwell, Attorney General ex rel. State of Louisiana v. Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc., et al., 11–1184 (La.App. 3 Cir. 8/31/12), 100 So.3d 865, 2012 WL 3761900, the judgments appealed are affirmed in their entirety. Costs are cast to defendants.

AFFIRMED.