SCHMELZLE v. ALZA CORP.

Civil No. 06-4846.

561 F.Supp.2d 1046 (2008)

Robert L. SCHMELZLE, as Trustee for the next of kin of Kelly Sue Schmelzle, Plaintiff, v. ALZA CORPORATION, Janssen Pharmaceutica Products, LP, a/k/a Janssen Orth-McNeil and Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court,. D. Minnesota.

June 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale D. Pearson and Stephen J. Randall, Pearson, Randall & Schumacher, P.A. and J. Scott Bertram and Benjamin A. Bertram, Bertram & Graf, LLC and Gregory C. Graf, LLC for and on behalf of Plaintiff.

Tracy J. Van Steenburgh, Dana M. Lenahan and Jan R. McLean Bernier, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, P.A., Minneapolis, MN and Rita A. Maimbourg and S. Peter Voudouris, Tucker Ellis & West LLP, Cleveland, OH, for and on behalf of Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MICHAEL J. DAVIS, District Judge.

Plaintiff filed this wrongful death action in the District of Minnesota on December 11, 2006. Plaintiff has alleged that decedent died in Gillette, Wyoming on December 12, 2003, as a result of her use of Duragesic®, a fentanyl-containing, transdermal patch available only by prescription for the treatment of chronic pain. Plaintiff further alleges that the death of the decedent was caused...

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