Lawyers file ortho evra class action lawsuit for side effects from ortho evra. Class action suit for ortho evra patch.

A class action lawsuit is often filed where many people have a similar problem, and the courts can then determine whether the matter can be handled more efficiently as a group, rather than as individual claims. In the case of Ortho Evra, it is not likely that a class action would move forward on damages claims. Thus, the only sorts of things that could move forward as a class action would be claims for medical monitoring, insurance coverage claims, or any claims related to the cost of the drug.

Since individual issues are likely to dominate litigation of Ortho Evra cases, it is inlikely that there will be a Ortho Evra patch class action suit for damages caused by the patch, such as strokes or heart attacks.

The requirements for a class action lawsuit include numerosity (a large number of people with a problem), commonality (that the problem each of them have is similar -- common questions of fact or law), typicality (that the class representative has claims typical of the other members they seek to represent), and adequacy (that the attorney bringing the class action has adequate experience to do so).

In the case of an Ortho Evra class action lawsuit, the problems would likely occure with the issues of commonality and typicality. Thus, there is not likely to be an orthoevra class action suit.