Legal Opinion
Wimbush Ex Rel. Estate of Buchanan v. Wyeth
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 18, 2010No. 09-3380PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J., joined by Boggs, J.,
WHITE, J. (pp. 646-48), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.
Mary Buchanan sued Wyeth, a publicly-held corporation, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, an unincorporated division of Wyeth, and Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Company and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., wholly-owned subsidiaries of Wyeth, regarding a diet pill, Redux, that the companies manufactured and sold. Buchanan’s claims sound primarily in strict liability and common law negligence. Buchanan appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment for Wyeth on all of…
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