Accutane Trial Starting in Madison County; Corporations Heart Delaware

Well, the Accutane trial will probably start soon, anyway, once the judge decides whether punitives are available.  The plaintiff alleges the drug caused his inflammatory bowel disease.  It’s the second case (of 400 or so pending) to go to trial; the first one ended in a plaintiff’s verdict for $2.6 million.

The story suggests that the case will be seen as a second test for Madison County, known as a plaintiff-friendly jurisdiction.  On the other side of that coin, companies like Delaware courts, for reasons that are, of course, debated.

–BC