Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims 
Published: November 30, 2012
Tags: design defect, generic drug litigation, PLIVA v. Mensing, preemption, U.S. Supreme Court, Wyeth v. Levine
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether federal law preempts state law design defect claims targeting generic pharmaceutical products.
© Copyright 2013 Lawyers USA. All Rights Reserved.
Login required
You have clicked on a link to
information that is | ||
Already a paid subscriber but not registered for online access yet? For instructions on how to get premium web access, click here. |
||
Interested in Subscribing?
Start by choosing how you'd like your news delivered.
- Introductory Rate - |
 - Print and Digital - |
 - Digital Only - |
![[Print]](http://lawyersusaonline.com/wp-content/plugins/tdc-sociable-toolbar/print.png)
![[Email]](http://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>)
![[RSS Feed]](http://lawyersusaonline.com/wp-content/plugins/tdc-sociable-toolbar/rssfeed.png)
![[del.icio.us]](http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>)
![[Facebook]](http://lawyersusaonline.com/wp-content/plugins/tdc-sociable-toolbar/facebook.png)
© Copyright 2013 Lawyers USA. All Rights Reserved.
![Ask](http://myjeeves.ask.com/mysearch/BookmarkIt?v=1.2&t=webpages&url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![backflip](http://www.backflip.com/add_page_pop.ihtml?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![blinklist](http://blinklist.com/index.php?Action=Blink/addblink.php&Url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&Title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![BlogMarks](http://blogmarks.net/my/new.php?mini=1&simple=1&url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![BuddyMarks](http://www.buddymarks.com/add_bookmark.php?bookmark_title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>&bookmark_url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/){kind=link}
![CiteULike](http://www.citeulike.org/posturl?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![co.mments](http://co.mments.com/track?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Connotea](http://www.connotea.org/addpopup?continue=confirm&uri=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![diigo](http://www.diigo.com/post?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![DotNetKicks](http://www.dotnetkicks.com/kick/?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![dzone](http://www.dzone.com/links/add.html?description=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>&url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Fark](http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/farkit.pl?u=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&h=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Faves](http://faves.com/Authoring.aspx?u=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&t=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Feed Me Links](http://feedmelinks.com/categorize?from=toolbar&op=submit&name=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>&url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/){kind=link}
![Friendsite](http://friendsite.com/users/bookmark/?u=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&t=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Furl](http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&t=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Google](http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&output=popup&bkmk=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Hugg](http://www.hugg.com/node/add/storylink?edit[title]=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>&edit[url]=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/){kind=link}
![Jeqq](http://www.jeqq.com/submit.php?url==http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![linkaGoGo](http://www.linkagogo.com/go/AddNoPopup?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![linkedin](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>&summary=The+U.S.+Supreme+Court+has+agreed+to+decide+whether+federal+law+preempts+state+law+design+defect+claims+targeting+generic+pharmaceutical+products.%0AThe+case+from+the+1st+Circuit+stems+from+a+design+defect+claim+brought+by+a+woman+who+developed+Steven+Johnson+Syndrome%2FToxic+Epidermal+Necrolysis%2C+a+hypersensitivity+disease+that+leads+to+severe+skin+disfigurement+and+blindness%2C+after+%5B...%5D&source=Lawyers+USA+Online){kind=link}
![LinksMarker](http://www.linksmarker.com/submit.php?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Ma.gnolia](http://ma.gnolia.com/bookmarklet/add?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Mister Wong](http://www.mister-wong.com/index.php?action=addurl&bm_url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&bm_description=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![MySpace](http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?c=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&t=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![MyWeb](http://myweb.yahoo.com/myweb/save?t=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>&u=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/){kind=link}
![Netvouz](http://www.netvouz.com/action/submitBookmark?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>&popup=no){kind=link}
![oneview](http://www.oneview.com/quickadd/neu/addBookmark.jsf?URL=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![OnlyWire](http://www.onlywire.com/submit?u=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&t=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![PlugIM](http://www.plugim.com/submit?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Propeller](http://www.propeller.com/submit/?U=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&T=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Reddit](http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Segnalo](http://segnalo.com/post.html.php?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Simpy](http://www.simpy.com/simpy/LinkAdd.do?href=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Slashdot](http://slashdot.org/bookmark.pl?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Sphere](http://www.sphere.com/search?q=sphereit:http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Sphinn](http://sphinn.com/submit.php?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Spurl](http://www.spurl.net/spurl.php?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![StumbleUpon](http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![ThisNext](http://www.thisnext.com/pick/new/submit/sociable/?url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&name=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Tumblr](http://www.tumblr.com/share?v=3&u=lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&t=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Twitter](http://twitter.com/home/?status=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>+http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/){kind=link}
![Webride](http://webride.org/discuss/split.php?uri=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Windows Live](https://favorites.live.com/quickadd.aspx?mkt=en-us&url=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&title=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Yahoo!](http://bookmarks.yahoo.com/toolbar/savebm?opener=tb&u=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/&t=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>){kind=link}
![Email This to a Friend](http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailFlare?loc=en_US&itemTitle=Justices to rule on preemption of drug design defect claims <span class="dmcss_key_icon"><img alt="(access required)" src="/wp-content/themes/lwusa/images/lock.gif" border=0/></span>&uri=http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/30/justices-to-rule-on-preemption-of-drug-design-defect-claims/){kind=link}
Comments