This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Civil Litigation

Dec. 11, 2018

Trial over malaria drug’s effects moved to California

U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar ruled in the plaintiffs' favor to move the suit to California, after learning the Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche LTD has U.S. headquarters in San Francisco.

Trial over malaria drug’s effects moved to California
BOYLE

A federal judge ordered a personal injury suit against the Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer of the drug Lariam to be tried in California, making any further actions involving the anti-malaria medication alleged to cause psychotic conditions triable in the plaintiffs-preferred state.

U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar ruled in the plaintiffs' favor on Friday to move the...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$895, but save $100 when you subscribe today… Just $795 for the first year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up