Supreme Court rules drug companies are exempt from lawsuits

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Egann said:

My mother is actually part of a lawsuit against a drug company. They gave her an osteoperosis drug which was known to cause necrosis of the jaw. Of course, they didn't tell her.

She also was almost given Alzheimers by her statin drugs.

This is terrible news. Not only do doctors receive money from the drug companies for prescribing their drugs, but they're now immune to legal action? This is terrible. It's a fantastic example of our government obeying the lobbyists and doing the thing least in our interest.

Creators of generic drugs are immune to prosecution from having misleading labels/dangerous drugs.  This is because federal law forced generic drug companies to have misleading labels/dangerous drugs.

For the ruling to have went the other way, it would of been like if the federal government passed a law that while driving you must hit any pedestrian you see in a plaid shirt.   Then you got sued by people in plaid shirts.

You can't sue people for conditions they are forced to do via the law.

 

It sucks... but really based on the federal law meant to keep people safer by taking generic drugs, a small minority of people lose out.