by Gustafson Gluek, PLLC on January 25, 2012
OCTOBER 25, 2011 – The Eighth Circuit affirmed the judgments of the district court, finding that Jeanette Rick and the other plaintiffs-appellants were time-barred from bringing their hormone replacement therapy cases against Wyeth in Minnesota by a New York state court’s ruling on New York’s statute of limitations.
This week Gustafson Gluek P.L.L.C. filed a petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, asking the Court to decide whether the Eighth Circuit correctly interpreted New York state law. The firm expects the Supreme Court to issue its decision on the petition in late March.
by Gustafson Gluek, PLLC on September 26, 2011
by Gustafson Gluek, PLLC on June 16, 2011
JUNE 15, 2011 – Dan Gustafson presented oral argument on behalf of plaintiffs-appellants before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that the New York timeliness dismissal of Jeanette Rick et al., v. Wyeth et al., should not bar a subsequent diversity action in Minnesota federal court. In personal injury cases, New York has a three-year statute of limitations, whereas Minnesota’s statute of limitations is six years.
Jeanette Rick and 8 other women allege that Defendants’ hormone replacement therapy caused their breast cancers, and that Plaintiffs were not adequately warned of such risk. The firm expects a decision within the next few months.
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by Gustafson Gluek, PLLC on October 14, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS – October 14, 2010 – Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to settle existing U.S. lawsuits relating to its Sprint Fidelis® family of defibrillation leads (Sprint Fidelis Models: 6930, 6931, 6948, 6949) that were the subject of a field action announced on October 15, 2007.
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