Arthur Drager v. PLIVA USA

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a court “does not resolve the merits of the plaintiff's claim or any disputes of fact” under Rule 12(c)
• holding that district court did not abuse its discretion in denying motion to amend when plaintiff did not file motion to amend or proposed amended complaint
• concluding any difference between the risk-utility and consumer expectation approaches to evaluating “the unreasonableness of the danger of a product” was “immaterial”
• explaining that the Court may affirm on any grounds apparent from the record
• “[Mensing and Bartlett] establish that under the FDCA a generic may not unilaterally change its labeling or change its design or formulation.”
• the complaint was filed before either Mensing or Bartlett, and the trial court denied plaintiff leave to amend after Mensing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

44 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Shawn Massey v. J.J. Ojaniit
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-07-21· cited 455×
• Chargepoint, Inc. v. Semaconnect, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2019-03-28· cited 184×
• International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-05-25· cited 83×
• Pa. Nat'l Mut. Cas. Ins. Co. v. Beach Mart, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2019-08-01· cited 75×
• United States ex rel. Carson v. Manor Care, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-03-16· cited 62×
• In Re Fosamax (Alendronate Sodium) Products Liability Litigation
  Third Circuit· 2014-04-30· cited 43×
• Theresa Huck v. Wyeth, Inc. D/B/A Wyeth Schwarz Pharma, Inc. and Pliva, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2014-07-11· cited 37×
• Action NC v. Strach
  M.D. North Carolina· 2016-10-27· cited 36×
• Marroquin v. Pfizer, Inc.
  E.D. California· 2019-02-14· cited 33×
• Shirley Brinkley v. Pliva, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-12-02· cited 28×
• Tina Johnson v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-07-11· cited 26×
• Guvenoz v. Target Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-05-22· cited 16×
• Tyrone Henderson, Sr. v. The Source for Public Data, L.P.
  Fourth Circuit· 2022-11-03· cited 15×
• Darton Envtl., Inc. v. Fjuvo Collections, LLC
  W.D. Virginia· 2018-08-01· cited 12×
• North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. McCrory
  M.D. North Carolina· 2014-08-08· cited 12×
• Mankes v. Vivid Seats Ltd.
  Federal Circuit· 2016-04-22· cited 11×
• Hunt v. McNeil Consumer Healthcare
  E.D. Louisiana· 2014-03-11· cited 11×
• Certusview Technologies, LLC v. S & N Locating Services, LLC
  E.D. Virginia· 2015-01-21· cited 9×
• Johnson v. Jessup
  M.D. North Carolina· 2019-03-31· cited 9×
• Robert Frazier v. Prince Georges County
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-06-18· cited 9×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Foman v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1962-12-03· cited 17,205×
• Stan Laber v. Francis J. Harvey, Secretary of the Army
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-02-16· cited 1,410×
• Edwards v. City of Goldsboro
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-05-14· cited 1,105×
• Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-19· cited 1,032×
• PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing
  Supreme Court· 2011-06-23· cited 428×
• Cozzarelli v. Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2008-12-12· cited 328×
• Nourison Rug Corp. v. Parvizian
  Fourth Circuit· 2008-07-28· cited 313×
• Lloyd v. General Motors Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-02-08· cited 313×
• Phipps v. General Motors Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-09-29· cited 219×
• Luanna Scott v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2013-10-16· cited 154×
• United States v. Herbert G. Evans, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2005-04-12· cited 131×
• Gourdine v. Crews
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-09-04· cited 111×
• Kay Butler v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-12-19· cited 101×
• Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-24· cited 67×
• Halliday v. Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-03-06· cited 38×
• United States v. Tyrone Moore
  Fourth Circuit· 2013-03-01· cited 33×
• Joyce Fullington v. Pfizer, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2013-07-15· cited 27×
• Rite Aid Corp. v. Levy-Gray
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-03-13· cited 21×
• Georgia Pacific, LLC v. Farrar
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-07-08· cited 14×