Alaska v. Eli Lilly

Summary

Alaska sued Eli Lilly to recover the Medicaid funds Alaska spent to treat the side effects of Lilly's drug Zyprexa.

Alaska claimed that Lilly failed to properly report that Zyprexa could cause hyperglycemia and diabetes. Alaska also asserted that Lilly failed to inform doctors of the risk of these side effects, and instructed Lilly representatives to deny the link between Zyprexa and diabetes.

Based on these allegations, Alaska asserted claims of fraud, negligence, products liability, negligent misrepresentation, failure to warn, and violation of Alaska's Unfair Trade Practices Consumer Protection Act.

According to Lilly, Zyprexa was created for serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia and biopolar disorder, with a better side effect profile than the alternative treatments. All prescription medicines have side effects, said Lilly, and Zyprexa's side effects were justified by the benefits. Zyprexa's label was approved by the FDA, and label changes would not have resulted in less usage. Finally, according to Lilly, no doctors in Alaska were tricked, fooled, or deceived by the label. In fact, Alaska still had not restricted its use.

The case settled before closing argument.

Outcome

Settled

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: State of Alaska
Defense: Eli Lilly & Co

Judge: Mark Rindner
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of Alaska, Anchorage
Court: Anchorage Superior Court

Case Number: 3AN-06-05630CI
Industry: Pharmaceutical
Practice Area: Products Liability, Negligence, Government Benefits Law, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Health Law

Plaintiff

State of Alaska

Defense

Eli Lilly & Co

Expert Witnesses

Lay Witnesses

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Presence
00:00:10	General Case Activities	Allen, T. Scott	In Person
00:07:40	Opening Statement	Allen, T. Scott	In Person
02:17:10	Opening Statement		In Person

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	General Case Activities			In Person
00:11:24	Witness Direct Examination	Suggs, David	Brancati, Dr. Frederick MD	In Person
01:38:53	Witness Direct Examination	Suggs, David	Brancati, Dr. Frederick MD	In Person
03:25:53	Witness Cross Examination	Kantra, Andrew	Brancati, Dr. Frederick MD	In Person

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:23	General Case Activities
00:01:15	Witness Direct Examination	Fibich, Kenneth	Gueriguian , Dr. John L.	In Person
00:29:29	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, John	Gueriguian , Dr. John L.	In Person
01:40:36	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, John	Gueriguian , Dr. John L.	In Person
03:29:37	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, John	Gueriguian , Dr. John L.	In Person
03:58:36	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fibich, Kenneth	Gueriguian , Dr. John L.	In Person

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:19	General Case Activities
00:02:22	Witness Direct Examination	Allen, T. Scott	Jordan, Jack	Video Recording
00:27:58	Witness Direct Examination	Allen, T. Scott	Beasley, Mr. Charles M.	Video Recording
01:45:54	Witness Direct Examination	Allen, T. Scott	Beasley, Mr. Charles M.	Video Recording
02:28:25	Witness Direct Examination	Suggs, David	Wojcieszek, Ms. Robin	Video Recording

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:18	General Case Activities
00:01:40	Witness Direct Examination	Allen, T. Scott	Eski, Joey	Video Recording
00:37:50	Witness Direct Examination	Allen, T. Scott	Hopson, Mr. Duane	In Person
02:17:24	Witness Direct Examination	Allen, T. Scott	Hopson, Mr. Duane	In Person
02:43:13	Witness Cross Examination	Gussack, Nina	Hopson, Mr. Duane	In Person

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:01	Witness Cross Examination	Gussack, Nina	Hopson, Mr. Duane	In Person
00:37:14	Break	Allen, T. Scott	Hopson, Mr. Duane	In Person
01:22:07	Witness Cross Examination	Gussack, Nina	Hopson, Mr. Duane	In Person
01:25:55	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Allen, T. Scott	Hopson, Mr. Duane	In Person
02:31:06	Witness Cross Examination	Gussack, Nina	Hopson, Mr. Duane	In Person
03:12:02	Witness Direct Examination	Allen, T. Scott	Lechleiter, Mr. John	Video Recording

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:13		Allen, T. Scott
00:04:10	Witness Direct Examination	Suggs, David	Wirshing, Dr. William C. MD	In Person
01:59:44	Witness Direct Examination	Suggs, David	Wirshing, Dr. William C. MD	In Person
02:41:40	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, John	Wirshing, Dr. William C. MD	In Person
03:44:26	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, John	Wirshing, Dr. William C. MD	In Person
04:10:04	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Suggs, David	Wirshing, Dr. William C. MD	In Person
04:23:46	Witness Direct Examination	Suggs, David	Kinen, Dr. Bruce Jerome	Video Recording

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Other

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:22	General Case Activities			In Person
00:02:20	Witness Direct Examination	Lehner, George	Inzucchi, Dr. Silvio	In Person
02:07:05	Witness Direct Examination	Lehner, George	Inzucchi, Dr. Silvio	In Person
02:32:06	Witness Cross Examination	Suggs, David	Inzucchi, Dr. Silvio	In Person
03:51:27	Witness Cross Examination	Suggs, David	Inzucchi, Dr. Silvio	In Person

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:12	Witness Direct Examination	Suggs, David	Noesges, David Thomas	Video Recording
00:18:11	Witness Direct Examination	Suggs, David	Bandick, Mr. Michael Edward	Video Recording
00:46:36	Witness Direct Examination	Suggs, David	Tollefson, Dr. Gary Dennis MD, PhD	Video Recording
01:34:23	Witness Direct Examination	Suggs, David	Torres, Denise	Video Recording
02:10:53	Witness Direct Examination	Suggs, David	Breier, Mr. Alan	Video Recording
02:57:56	Witness Cross Examination	Suggs, David	Breier, Mr. Alan	Video Recording

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:12	Witness Direct Examination	Brenner, John	Kahn, Dr. David Alan	In Person
01:40:52	Witness Direct Examination	Brenner, John	Kahn, Dr. David Alan	In Person
01:51:37	Witness Cross Examination	Brenner, John	Kahn, Dr. David Alan	In Person

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:08	Witness Cross Examination	Allen, T. Scott	Kahn, Dr. David Alan	In Person
02:20:19	Witness Cross Examination	Allen, T. Scott	Kahn, Dr. David Alan	In Person
03:56:41	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Brenner, John	Kahn, Dr. David Alan	In Person

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:18	Witness Direct Examination	Kantra, Andrew	Beasley, Mr. Charles M.	Video Recording
01:31:07	Witness Direct Examination	Kantra, Andrew	Beasley, Mr. Charles M.	Video Recording
02:29:00	Witness Cross Examination	Suggs, David	Beasley, Mr. Charles M.	Video Recording
02:38:44	Witness Direct Examination	Kantra, Andrew	Baker, Dr. Robert	In Person
03:25:08	Witness Direct Examination	Kantra, Andrew	Baker, Dr. Robert	In Person

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:16	Witness Direct Examination	Kantra, Andrew	Baker, Dr. Robert	In Person
01:22:10	Break
01:50:52	Witness Direct Examination	Kantra, Andrew	Baker, Dr. Robert	In Person
02:32:51	Witness Cross Examination	Suggs, David	Baker, Dr. Robert	In Person
03:27:40	Break
03:47:28	Witness Cross Examination	Suggs, David	Baker, Dr. Robert	In Person

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

MAR

AM Session

Other

1 Chapters

MAR

Alaska v. Eli Lilly

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

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Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:16	General Case Activities
00:06:44	Witness Direct Examination	Fibich, Kenneth	Gueriguian , Dr. John L.	In Person
00:45:28	Break
01:16:10	Witness Direct Examination	Fibich, Kenneth	Gueriguian , Dr. John L.	In Person
02:52:47	Break

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:22	General Case Activities
00:01:35	Witness Direct Examination	Fibich, Kenneth	Gueriguian , Dr. John L.	In Person
00:51:46	General Case Activities
00:53:13	Witness Direct Examination	Fibich, Kenneth	Gueriguian , Dr. John L.	In Person
00:54:30	End of Session