Mensing, the high court narrowed its pro-plaintiff decision in Wyeth v.

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Even if these latest pro-plaintiff reforms pass, companies still won't face juries and punitive damages, the most unpredictable aspects of the U.S. system.

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Guerra was replaced as judge on the case and then removed from the court in 2008, in what he described as retribution for challenging pro-plaintiff rulings by the judges who succeeded him, including the appointment of Richard Cabrera, a plaintiff scientific effort, to assess the evidence .

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