11th Circuit: Third-Party Payer Zantac Complaint Out As A Shotgun Pleading

Mealey's (November 8, 2022, 1:08 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — A two-judge quorum of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 7 in a per curiam opinion said third-party payers have standing to pursue some claims alleging economic injury from allegedly contaminated heartburn drugs Zantac and ranitidine, but said the plaintiffs’ failure to challenge a multidistrict litigation court’s dismissal of their shotgun pleading leaves no choice but to affirm the lower court’s dismissal....