Texas Mesothelioma Lawyer and High Court Ruling

The Texas Supreme Court ruling earlier this month which effectively relieved Pharmaceutical Companies of the responsibility of warning Texas residents of the dangers, side effects and risks associated with their products opened many questions for Texas Lawyers.
One Texas Mesothelioma Lawyer we spoke with does not think that the ruling will have as much of an impact as many Texas Lawyers originally thought and the ruling should have no effect on Mesothelioma Lawsuit cases filed in Texas.
The Texas Supreme Court ruling was focused on a Pharmaceutical Companies responsibility to warn the consumer about the risks and dangers associated with their products, stating in effect that as long as the Pharmaceutical Company gave adequate warnings about the risk and side effects of their products to prescribing physicians then they have met their responsibility with regard to warnings. Although many in the legal community consider this ruling to be contrary to the intent of consumer protection laws, it may actually have little effect on future lawsuits against Pharmaceutical Companies as Texas Lawyers will now just add the fact that the manufacturer did not warn prescribing physicians of the risks and side effects of their products along with any claim about failing to warn consumers. Given that any warnings regarding risks and side effects known to a pharmaceutical manufacturer regarding one of their products must be reported to the FDA, the situation in which prescribing physicians would be warned and the public not warned of a given risk or side effect of a drug is unlikely.
In that Mesothelioma Lawsuits do not generally involve failure to warn claims of the nature that are common to Mesothelioma Lawsuit cases, it is unlikely that the recent Texas Supreme court ruling is anything that Texas Mesothelioma Lawyers will have to contend with in the filing of Texas Mesothelioma Lawsuits.
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