Another Heaping Helping of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

A Covington team led by Emily Ullman was recognized as "Litigator of the Week" runners-up. California’s First District Court of Appeals upheld the firm’s trial court win for AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, and McKesson knocking out cases consolidated in California state court alleging that diabetes medications Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR can lead to heart failure and other cardiovascular problems. The appellate court upheld rulings excluding the plaintiffs’ causation experts and granting the defendants summary judgment due to a lack of viable testimony on general causation. The Covington team on the appeal included Jeffrey Davidson, Paul Schmidt, and Phyllis Jones.

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