Investigating Product Liability in Pharmaceuticals: The Rights of Plaintiff and Defendant.
This paper addresses the legal grounds under which a plaintiff can file a lawsuit against the pharmaceutical industry, and how the pharmaceutical industry can best answer the claim. Through addressing these issues, it shall be made clear as to which rights the plaintiff (consumer) has, and which rights the defendant (pharmaceutical industry) has within the court system. This paper shall use the case of the drug Tambocor in the 1980s and the early 1990s to better define the limits of the laws for both plaintiffs and defendants. 10 pgs, bibliography lists 5 sources.