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PLL #13: Good Mississippi Justice; Ethical Marketing
On a chilly, windy day in the northeastern United States, I thought I’d try to warm things up by telling you about two interesting court decisions which reached my desk recently. (1) In a decision which should gladden the hearts of mass tort defendants, the Mississippi Supreme Court threw out a $100,000,000 jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson because of the improper joinder of ten plaintiffs; and (2) a New York federal judge overseeing multi-district litigation against drug manufacturer Warner-Lambert refused to allow plaintiffs’ expert scientists to testify concerning ethical standards in marketing.