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California Supreme Court

Dec. 26, 2017

Lawsuit against drugmaker allowed to proceed by state high court

A sharply divided state Supreme Court affirmed an appellate court ruling that will allow a lawsuit to go forward potentially holding a pharmaceutical company liable for the side effects of a generic form of a drug it invented.

A sharply divided state Supreme Court affirmed an appellate court ruling that will allow a lawsuit to go forward potentially holding a pharmaceutical company liable for the side effects of a generic form of a drug it invented.

The 4-3 vote in the case included 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Louis Mauro, who sat by designation and cast the deciding vote in Thursday’s ruling, allowing the case to proceed to trial. T.H. et al., v...

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