Legal Opinion
In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 20, 1979No. MDL 381PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, District Judge.
Claiming to be the harbinger of thousands of similar claims, plaintiff veterans and members of their families seek relief because of injuries claimed to have been sustained from use by the military in Vietnam of “Agent Orange”, a defoliant chemical referred to for convenience as 2, 4, 5-T, which defendants manufactured and sold to the government.
For the second time in the nine month history of this MDL litigation, lead counsel for plaintiffs 1 has filed a re-amended complaint after oral argument on defendants’ motion to dismiss a prior amended complaint. While…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Illinois v. City of MilwaukeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Standard Oil Co. Of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by27 opinions
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation Mdl No. 381Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
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- In Re Asbestos Litigation. Appeal of Raymark Industries, Inc. In No. 86-5236. In Re Asbestos Litigation. Danfield v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., Etc., Appeal of Owens-Illinois, Inc., Keene Corporation, Pittsburgh-Corning Corporation, the Celotex Corporation, Armstrong Cork Company, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, and Fibreboard Corporation, in No. 86-5237. In Re Asbestos Litigation. John W. Gregory and Zelda F. Gregory, His Wife, Zelda F. Gregory, Administratrix and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of the Estate of John W. Gregory, Deceased Zelda F. Gregory, Individually and Brian Gregory, a Minor by His Natural Parent and Guardian Zelda F. Gregory v. General Motors Corporation, Joseph Doe, Tom Doe, Harry Doe, Robert Doe, Ken Doe, Daniel Doe, Larry Doe, Edward Doe, Sam Doe, Jack Doe, Fred Doe, Vince Doe. Appeal of General Motors Corporation, in No. 86-5370Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- In Re" Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1984
- In Re Agent Orange Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2005
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