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Service Complete When Delivered to Prison Officials
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1993, page 2
Brian Faile is a Nevada state prisoner. He sued the Upjohn company claiming that their product Xanax, a prescription drug, caused him depression and violent outbursts which resulted in his being severely wounded by police and imprisoned. The district court dismissed Faile's suit because his opposition to Upjohn's motion to …
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