A Zoloft birth-defect case involving a California-based distributor of the drug should be sent back to that state from the multidistrict litigation based in Philadelphia, the plaintiff has argued.

According to court papers, D.B. v. Pfizer was originally filed in California state court where several cases against pharmaceutical distributor McKesson Corp. have been consolidated. The case was removed by Pfizer to the MDL in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, claiming that McKesson was fraudulently joined.

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