Abbott Opposes Cert For Rulings On Experts In Depakote Birth Defect Case

Mealey's (November 16, 2018, 8:41 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — With no circuit split and a settled decision, the U.S. Supreme Court need not grant certiorari to review a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals opinion affirming exclusion of a mother’s causation experts in her attempt to hold a drugmaker liable for her child’s birth defects, the company says in a Nov. 14 response brief (N.K. v. Abbott Laboratories, No. 18-327, U.S. Sup.)....