Result: $150 million settlement

Year: 1995

In re Copley Pharmaceutical, Inc., “Albuterol” Products Liability Litigation

Lieff Cabraser served on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in a class action lawsuit against Copley Pharmaceutical, which manufactured Albuterol, a bronchodilator prescription pharmaceutical. Albuterol was the subject of a nationwide recall in January 1994 after a microorganism was found to have contaminated the solution, allegedly causing numerous injuries including bronchial infections, pneumonia, respiratory distress and, in some cases, death.

In October 1994, the district court certified a nationwide class on liability issues. In re Copley Pharmaceutical, 161 F.R.D. 456 (D. Wyo. 1995). In November 1995, the district court approved a $150 million settlement of the litigation.