Attorney Richard Altschuler has been fighting an eight-year battle with Pfizer over allegations that the pharmaceutical giant secretly tested a new drug during a 1996 meningitis outbreak in Nigeria, with devastating results including the deaths of 11 children. In late January, the 2nd Circuit ruled that 88 Nigerian families, including 58 that Altschuler represents with Nigerian-based co-counsel, can pursue claims in U.S. court. Despite the ruling, the attorneys may decide to switch the suit to Nigeria.
February 12, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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West Haven, Conn., attorney Richard Altschuler has reams of paper and endless boxes of notes that tell the story. Medical experiments on children. Claims that a large American pharmaceutical company exploited a third world country.
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