Georgia and U.S. consumers won a tremendous victory for fair compensation when injured by defective and dangerous prescription drugs today. The United States Supreme Court held in a 6 to 3 decision that Food and Drug Administration drug approval does not prevent consumers from bringing lawsuits for negligent manufacture and labeling of these products. Wyeth v. Levine, No. 06-1249. March 4, 2009
At the same time Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has been pushing a 2009 bill in the Georgia legislature to shield negligent manufacturers from lawsuits. Sonny believes that a 300 year history of common law civil justice and the jury system should be scrapped in favor of defective product manufacturers. He argues that business interests would flock to a State that reduced their obligation to live by the rules of equal protection under the law. No joke!
If a conservative Supreme Court in Washington can appreciate the importance of the rule of law to a functioning society then what does that say about the current Georgia executive? Why not an exemption for drunk driver's on their way home from corporate and business functions? It could really help to lure business to Georgia!
Lawyers USA March 4, 2009
At the same time Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has been pushing a 2009 bill in the Georgia legislature to shield negligent manufacturers from lawsuits. Sonny believes that a 300 year history of common law civil justice and the jury system should be scrapped in favor of defective product manufacturers. He argues that business interests would flock to a State that reduced their obligation to live by the rules of equal protection under the law. No joke!
If a conservative Supreme Court in Washington can appreciate the importance of the rule of law to a functioning society then what does that say about the current Georgia executive? Why not an exemption for drunk driver's on their way home from corporate and business functions? It could really help to lure business to Georgia!
Lawyers USA March 4, 2009
