Hormone drug plaintiffs must show reliance 
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 3, 2011
Tags: consumer protection, deceptive trade practices, hormone replacement therapy, product liability, reliance, Wyeth
Consumers must show detrimental reliance in order to hold a drug manufacturer liable for misleading statements in its marketing of hormone replacement therapy drugs, West Virginia’s highest court has ruled.
Lawyer can enforce promise of higher pay
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: misrepresentation, reliance
A lawyer could enforce his firm’s representations that he would receive a larger share of profits should he perform beyond expectations, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming a $1.7 million jury verdict.
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