Women Sue After Birth Control Failure
RUSH: Here's the story out of Philadelphia, ladies and gentlemen: "More than 100 women who became pregnant after allegedly taking mispackaged birthcontrol pills filed suit in Philadelphia last week against Qualitest Inc., a subsidiary of the Irish drug-maker Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., which has its US headquarters in Malvern. The case seeks millions in damages, including in some cases the costs of delivering, raising, and educating the children borne of the unplanned pregnancies. The discovery of the mispackaged contraceptives prompted the FDA in 2011 to issue a recall notice for 3.2 million blister packs, according to court filings.
"The suit in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas also names Vintage Pharmaceuticals LLC, Endo Health Solutions Inc., and Patheon Inc., which either made or packaged the recalled contraceptives. Representatives for Endo and Patheon, citing the litigation, declined to comment. After lawyers in Atlanta originally sought class-action status for potential victims, a federal judge in Georgia rejected their request Nov. 4. Lawyers for the women refiled in state court in Pennsylvania, where Endo has its US headquarters.
"The FDA recall was triggered when a Kansas City woman returned a package to her pharmacist after noticing the blister pack had been rotated 180 degrees, reversing the weekly tablet orientation, according to the suit filed in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas." Now, with the order reversed, they were turned down in Georgia but they were okayed in Philadelphia. The woman's chances of getting pregnant here... (interruption) Well, this is a... (interruption) No. What the order... (interruption) Not the court ordered.
The order of the labeling on the package is what they're talking about here. "With the order reversed, a woman's chances of getting pregnant skyrocket," because they are taking the pills out of order. A stupid little packaging mistake. Keith Bodoh, the lead attorney on the case based in Atlanta, declined to comment on the case..." Nobody's talking. What do you think the women's chances of winning this thing are? I mean, for everything that they're asking: Birth costs, raising the children costs, education cost.
Probably if they're women, to pay for the first wedding, in addition to everything else. I mean, you go out and you buy these pills for the express purpose of not getting pregnant and they make sure you do? I don't think this is ever gonna see the light of a courtroom. I think they're gonna settle it. Women are gonna do okay. You know who's gonna be right in on this? Planned Parenthood. After these women had this... Planned Parenthood, when all is said and done, are gonna be in on this trying to gain whatever they can from it at the same time.
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RUSH: Here's the story out of Philadelphia, ladies and gentlemen: "More than 100 women who became pregnant after allegedly taking mispackaged birthcontrol pills filed suit in Philadelphia last week against Qualitest Inc., a subsidiary of the Irish drug-maker Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., which has its US headquarters in Malvern. The case seeks millions in damages, including in some cases the costs of delivering, raising, and educating the children borne of the unplanned pregnancies. The discovery of the mispackaged contraceptives prompted the FDA in 2011 to issue a recall notice for 3.2 million blister packs, according to court filings.
"The suit in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas also names Vintage Pharmaceuticals LLC, Endo Health Solutions Inc., and Patheon Inc., which either made or packaged the recalled contraceptives. Representatives for Endo and Patheon, citing the litigation, declined to comment. After lawyers in Atlanta originally sought class-action status for potential victims, a federal judge in Georgia rejected their request Nov. 4. Lawyers for the women refiled in state court in Pennsylvania, where Endo has its US headquarters.
"The FDA recall was triggered when a Kansas City woman returned a package to her pharmacist after noticing the blister pack had been rotated 180 degrees, reversing the weekly tablet orientation, according to the suit filed in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas." Now, with the order reversed, they were turned down in Georgia but they were okayed in Philadelphia. The woman's chances of getting pregnant here... (interruption) Well, this is a... (interruption) No. What the order... (interruption) Not the court ordered.
The order of the labeling on the package is what they're talking about here. "With the order reversed, a woman's chances of getting pregnant skyrocket," because they are taking the pills out of order. A stupid little packaging mistake. Keith Bodoh, the lead attorney on the case based in Atlanta, declined to comment on the case..." Nobody's talking. What do you think the women's chances of winning this thing are? I mean, for everything that they're asking: Birth costs, raising the children costs, education cost.
Probably if they're women, to pay for the first wedding, in addition to everything else. I mean, you go out and you buy these pills for the express purpose of not getting pregnant and they make sure you do? I don't think this is ever gonna see the light of a courtroom. I think they're gonna settle it. Women are gonna do okay. You know who's gonna be right in on this? Planned Parenthood. After these women had this... Planned Parenthood, when all is said and done, are gonna be in on this trying to gain whatever they can from it at the same time.
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