July 7, 2013. Washington. In case readers missed it with all the
coverage of the Trayvon Martin murder trial and the Supreme Court’s
rulings on gay marriage and the Voting Rights Act, the US Supreme Court
also made a ruling on lawsuits against drug companies for fraud,
mislabeling, side effects and accidental death. From now on, 80 percent
of all drugs are exempt from legal liability.
In a 5-4 vote, the US Supreme Court struck down a lower court’s ruling
and award for the victim of a pharmaceutical drug’s adverse reaction.
According to the victim and the state courts, the drug caused a
flesh-eating side effect that left the patient permanently disfigured
over most of her body. The adverse reaction was hidden by the drug maker
and later forced to be included on all warning labels. But the highest
court in the land ruled that the victim had no legal grounds to sue the
corporation because its drugs are exempt from lawsuits.
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