{"id":553,"date":"2013-03-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2013\/03\/08\/the_us_supreme_court_is\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:10:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:10:15","slug":"the_us_supreme_court_is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/the_us_supreme_court_is\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of $21 Million Ruling; Generic Drug Companies on Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments soon on whether a generic drug maker can be held responsible for a patient&#8217;s injuries. The case is considered very important for pharmaceutical companies, federal regulators and patients who take generic drugs. Some experts estimate that generics make up 80 percent of all drugs taken by people in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The case before the high court will involve Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., which sold a drug called sulindac, an anti-inflammatory. This medication was given by a pharmacist to a patient named Karen Bartlett, who was suffering mild shoulder pain in 2004. Bartlett, who lives in New Hampshire, claims she began taking the drug and, only a few weeks later, suffered an intense reaction to it. Her skin began to peel off, she was forced to live in a burn unit in a nearby hospital and later was in a medically induced coma. She lost her vision and is now legally blind. Also, she alleges that the medication permanently damaged her lungs and esophagus.<\/p>\n<p>Bartlett sued Mutual, saying the company should be liable for her injuries. She took her case to federal district court, where a jury awarded her $21 million. An appeals court upheld that verdict in 2010; now the case is headed for the high court.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/the_us_supreme_court_is\/#more-553\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments soon on whether a generic drug maker can be held responsible for a patient&#8217;s injuries. The case is considered very important for pharmaceutical companies, federal regulators and patients who take generic drugs. 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