Levine v. Wyeth: The Battle to stop pre-emptive malpractice lawsuits
In January 1998, drug manufacturer Wyeth won a review from the Supreme Court of a $6.8 million medical malpractice verdict awarded to Diana Levine. In their appeal of the lower court’s decision, Wyeth claims that the company had the approval of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the warning label that accompanied the drug.
In this case, Ms. Levine, a former professional musician, was injured after she was improperly injected with Penegran, which was given to her in a hospital emergency room to treat severe migraine-related nausea.
Because the drug was inadvertently injected into an artery in her arm, it caused serious damage which led to a below the elbow amputation of her right arm.
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