JUDITH FREI v. TARO PHARMACEUTICAL U.S.A., INC.JUDITH FREI, SANDRA RHODES, CHARLES RHODES, SHIRLEY HART, WILLIAM MURPHY, BONNIE MURPHY, JAMES WALTZ, MARY BETH WALZ, TRIO CALDWELL, BEVERLY CALDWELL, ALBERT DELSANTRO, CHARLOTTE DELSANTRO, ANNA THOMAS, CHARLES DAVID SMEDLEY, EDWARD FRISCO, LARRY E. ROBINSON, CECIL BARKLEY, NANCY MILLER, LARRY JUNKIN, ARTHUR L. CHURCH, MABLE CHURCH, JACQUELINE BOYD, CORTIS BOYD, BRIAN SUKENIK, SANDRA WHITE, ROGER WHITE, MARY WATERS, KEVIN HILTON, CLINTON HUMPHREY, TENNA HUMPHREY, BONNIE GREENE, MICHAEL HESS, SANDRA BONEKEMPER, NANCY HAGERMAN, GARY MELTON, CHRISTOPHER FREEMAN, JUDITH FREEMAN, CAROLYN SUE BEAN, MARK THOMPSON, ADA DUFFY, JEFFRIE HARRISON, CHRISTEN HARRISON, RANIERE CASERTA, COUCHITA CASERTA, DON AMBURGEY, JOYCE AMBURGEY, MONA SIMMONS, TRINA OWEN, RUBIE HODA, BILLY WEST, MONA WINDHAM, RONNIE WINDHAM, JEANNE COLBORNE, TRACIE SHOLLENBARGER, WILLIAM SHELTON, PINK JONES, ANNIE JONES, CYNTHIA SKILES, RAYMOND SKILES, EARL HINES, DAVID WHITLOCK, JACQUELINE WHITLOCK, CONNIE LUTE, JANICE SHELTON, JAMES SKINNER, DIXIE MELTON, DIANA HINES, Plaintiffs-Appellants, RAY HUBLER, MARIE HUBLER, REBECCA FRISCO, DEBRA HINES, Plaintiffs, v. TARO PHARMACEUTICAL U.S.A., INC., Defendant-Appellee, ABC CORPORATIONS OR ENTITIES 1-50, JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-50, DOES 1-10, Defendants.*
, 844 Fed. Appx. 444
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HOLDINGS: [1]-Dismissal of parties' complaint against a manufacturer alleging injuries from taking a generic drug for the off-label treatment of atrial fibrillation was proper because none of the claims were plausibly pled under Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 and 9 as they did not plausibly allege the manufacturer's own involvement in wrongdoing, including, inter alia, there were no allegations that the manufacturer violated the minimal requirements of 21 C.F.R. § 208.24 as to how it failed to provide each patient a Medication Guide.