Legal Opinion

Bean v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided March 12, 1998No. 14-96-00382-CV, 14-96-00383-CV, 14-96-00384-CVPublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MURPHY, Chief Justice.

Appellants, Sylvia Bean, Evelyn Habel, and Suella Newell, sued appellee, Baxter Healthcare Corporation (“Baxter”), for failing to warn them of the dangers of their silicone breast implants. The jury assessed no liability against appellees. In two points of error, appellants contend the trial court erred in excluding a videotape of Newell’s implant removal surgery and improperly charged the jury regarding the learned intermediary doctrine. We affirm.

Appellants separately sued Baxter 1 for injuries allegedly resulting from exposure to silicone following their breast…

2Cases cited33 opinions

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3Cited by26 opinions

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