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Weaver v. G.D. Searle & Co.

District Court, N.D. Alabama

Decided March 17, 1983No. Civ. A. 79-AR-0777-S, 79-AR-0778-SPublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ACKER, District Judge.

These two cases, brought by husband and wife, have been consolidated. Jean Thompson Weaver’s complaint charges G.D. Searle & Co. with causing her personal injuries as a result of her use of an intrauterine device manufactured and marketed by Searle. Richard Weaver’s complaint charges Searle with loss of consortium as a result of his wife’s injuries. Searle, after discovering that the two plaintiffs were not married until after Jean’s injury, has filed a motion for summary judgment in Richard’s case, taking the position that a man cannot, by marrying,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Hopkins v. BlancoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Neuberg v. BobowiczSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  3. Sawyer v. BaileySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  4. Butcher v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983
  5. Swartz v. United States Steel CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Elden v. SheldonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
  2. In Re the Marriage of LindseyWashington Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Briggs v. Julia L. Butterfield Memorial HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  4. Conner v. HodgesIdaho Supreme Court · 2014
  5. Ledger v. TippittCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1985

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