Buddy" Caldwell, Attorney General Ex. Rel. State of Louisiana v. Janssen Pharmaceutical Inc. "

Opinion

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

11-1185 consolidated with 11-1184

“BUDDY” CALDWELL, ATTORNEY GENERAL EX REL. STATE OF LOUISIANA

VERSUS

JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., ET AL.

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APPEAL FROM THE TWENTY-SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF ST. LANDRY, NO. 04-C-3977-D HONORABLE DONALD W. HEBERT, DISTRICT JUDGE

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PHYLLIS M. KEATY JUDGE

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Court composed of J. David Painter, Shannon J. Gremillion, and Phyllis M. Keaty, Judges.

AFFIRMED.

Patrick C. Morrow James P. Ryan Jeffrey M. Bassett Morrow & Morrow Post Office Drawer 1787 Opelousas, Louisiana 70571-1787 (337) 948-4483 Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee:

James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney General

James B. Irwin David W. O’Quinn Kim E. Moore Monique M. Garsaud Douglas J. Moore Irwin, Fritchie, Urquhart & Moore, LLC 400 Poydras Street, Suite 2700 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 (504) 310-2100 Counsel for Defendants/Appellants:

Johnson & Johnson Ortho-McNeil Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Kenneth W. DeJean Attorney at Law Post Office Box 4325 Lafayette, Louisiana 70502 (337) 235-5294 Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee:

James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney General

Robert Lyle Salim Attorney at Law 1901 Texas Street Natchitoches, Louisiana 71457 (318) 352-5999 Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee:

James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney General

L. Christopher Styron Assistant Attorney General Post Office Box 94005 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9005 (225) 326-6468 Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee:

James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney General

Michael W. Perrin Fletcher V. Trammel Bailey, Perrin & Bailey 440 Louisiana Avenue, Suite 2100 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 425-7100 Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee:

James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney General

Kenneth T. Fibich Fibich, Hampton, et al 1150 Bissonnet Houston, Texas 77005 (713) 751-0025 Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee:

James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney General

Robert Cowan Attorney at Law 440 Louisiana Avenue, Suite 2100 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 425-7100 Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee:

James D. “Buddy” Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney General

James T. Guglielmo James C. Lopez Guglielmo, Lopez, Tuttle Post Office Drawer 1329 Opelousas, Louisiana 70571-1329 (337) 948-8201 Counsel for Defendants/Appellants:

Johnson & Johnson Ortho-McNeil Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Thomas F. Campion Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP 500 Campus Drive Florham Park, New Jersey 07932-1047 (973) 360-1100 Counsel for Defendants/Appellants:

Johnson & Johnson Ortho-McNeil Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Brian C. Anderson Michael E. Stamp Stephen D. Brody O’Melveny & Myers, LLP 1625 Eye Street, Northwest Washington DC 20006 (202) 383-5300 Counsel for Defendants/Appellants:

Johnson & Johnson Ortho-McNeil Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc.

KEATY, Judge.

For the reasons set forth in the companion case in this consolidated matter,

“Buddy” Caldwell, Attorney General ex rel. State of Louisiana v. Janssen

Pharmaceutical, Inc., et al., 11-1184 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/12), __ So.3d __, the

judgments appealed are affirmed in their entirety. Costs are cast to defendants.

AFFIRMED.