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June 21st, 2006 at 12:09 am

Michigan drug liability law

Trial lawyers in Michigan continue to agitate for repeal of the law, which, uniquely among the 50 states, affords manufacturers a defense in product liability actions for pharmaceuticals marketed in compliance with FDA regulation. At the Manhattan Institute (with which I’m associated), a new report from the Trial Lawyers Inc. project defends the law (”The Move to Reverse Michigan’s Model Reforms”, June). Also see Point of Law, Apr. 11.

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