[Blood of Tyrants]

It would be like suing Ford because their car resembles a Chevy involved in an accident.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

This is a trickier issue than the linked article suggests. The Supreme Court has held that the manufacturers of generic drugs cannot be sued based on the warnings/instructions/etc. on their drugs, because, by law, generic drugs must have the same labeling as the name-brand drugs. So, while the person in the Alabama only took the generic drug, he was suing based on allegedly inaccurate/incomplete warnings, which are the responsibility of the brand name manufacturer.

[BitWielder1]

Should it not depend on whether the original brand product was flawed and faithfully copied or the brand product was good and the generic copy was bad.
If the same flaw exists in the brand name as in the generic product, then I'd say the brand manufacturer has a responsibility.

[backwoods-engineer]

This seems like common sense.

The courts allowing people to sue the inventor because they had a bad trip on the generic? That's like giving standing to someone who crashed a Ford, so they can sue GM too because both products are car. Complete idiocy.

But you watch-- the Feds will come down hard on Alabama for this.

[Jemian]

Ping to the state list.

[Da Coyote]

Lawsuits like this are why the profession is regarded with less respect thanthat of a tur...er...Dorkbama producr lying on the sidewalk.