Court Opinion

ID: 9440682
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 17:03:15.226339+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:27:52.430730
License: Public Domain

MARTIN, Circuit Judge,
concurring in the result:
I agree with the majority’s conclusion that this action must be dismissed, but I concur specially to express my view that there is a much simpler reason why the appellees should prevail. As the Second Circuit explained in UFCW Local 1776 v. Eli Lilly & Co., 620 F.3d 121 (2d Cir.2010), the independent decisions of the physicians and other intermediaries involved in Seroquel’s allegedly increased usage and pricing eviscerates the chain of causation necessary to demonstrate a RICO violation. See id. at 134-36. I believe that these breaks in the chain of causation, which were conceded by the appellants in their complaint and at oral argument, dictate the result of this appeal. I therefore do not join the broader analysis of the majority opinion, and concur in the outcome only.