Law360, New York (July 11, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT) -- A man may not proceed with his suit against Johnson & Johnson Inc. that alleged the company's drug, Remicade, caused the blood-clotting that led to the amputation of part of his leg, an appeals court ruled Monday.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a district court's exclusion of the testimony of Dr. Lee McKinley, who was the physician of the plaintiff, Mickey Ervin. McKinley had sworn that Remicade, an anti-Crohn's Disease pharmaceutical, was very likely a “substantial cause”...
Appeals Court Clears J&J In Remicade Suit
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