Another Stacked Week of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

Another Stacked Week of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

August 5, 2022, The AmLaw Litigation Daily

The AmLaw Litigation Daily named Covington as a "Litigator of the Week Runner-Up" for winning summary judgment for AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb in nearly 250 cases in the federal MDL targeting the companies with claims that diabetes medication Onglyza can lead to heart failure and other cardiovascular problems. According to the piece, "Following the Covington team’s win excluding the plaintiffs’ general causation expert, U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell in Lexington, Kentucky, found plaintiffs lacked causation evidence and refused to reopen discovery to allow them to find another expert. The win in the federal MDL follows a similar victory in proceedings in California state court."

The Covington team included Emily Ullman, David Sneed, Kathleen Paley, Phyllis Jones, Paul Schmidt, and Tara Summerville.

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