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Litigation

Oct. 18, 2014

Plaintiffs' lawyers plan to appeal dismissal of suit over drug's side effects

Plaintiffs' lawyers plan to appeal a federal judge's recent dismissal of a class action involving negative side effects of the drug Nexium based on lack of causation.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Plaintiffs' lawyers plan to appeal a federal judge's recent dismissal of a class action involving negative side effects of the drug Nexium.


Thomas V. Girardi of Girardi Keese, lead plaintiffs' counsel in the case, said he disagreed with U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer's ruling that his expert witness's report did "not comport with epidemiological methodology ...

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