District Court, E.D. Kentucky December 30, 2003, CIV.A. 6:01-268-DCR (Foister v. Purdue Pharma, L.P.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

REEVES, District Judge.

This action involves claims by a number of plaintiffs (both individuals and representatives of estates) who assert that they have been harmed by OxyContin® (“Oxy-Contin”), a pain-relieving drug manufactured by the Purdue defendants (“Purdue”) and marketed by defendant Abbot Laboratories, Inc. (“Abbott”).