Law360, New York (June 29, 2010, 2:57 PM ET) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would not reconsider a lower court's ruling allowing two groups of Nigerian families who claim Pfizer Inc. illegally used their children in a 1996 meningitis drug trial to proceed with their lawsuits in the United States.
The high court denied a certiorari petition by the pharmaceutical giant, which was seeking review of a January 2009 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit greenlighting the litigation over Pfizer's experimental antibiotic Trovan.
Pfizer's request came after...
High Court Lets Nigerians' Pfizer Suits Stay In US
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